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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Carriers Act, 1865 Section 9

Plaintiffs, in Suits for Loss, Damage, or Non-delivery, Not Required to Prove Negligence or Criminal Act

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Carriers Act, 1865 Section 9 is part of Carriers Act, 1865 - Plaintiffs, in Suits for Loss, Damage, or Non-delivery, Not Required to Prove Negligence or Criminal Act. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

In any suit brought against a common carrier for the loss, damage or non-delivery of 1[goods including container, pallets or similar article of transport used to consolidate goods) entrusted] to him for carriage, it shall not be necessary for the plaintiff to prove that such loss, damage or non-delivery was owing to the negligence or criminal act of the carrier, his servants or agents.

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1. Substituted by Act 28 of 1993, section 31 and Schedule, Pt. I, for "goods entrusted (c.f.o. 16-10-1992).

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What does Carriers Act, 1865 Section 9 provide?

Section Section 9 of the Carriers Act, 1865 (Plaintiffs, in Suits for Loss, Damage, or Non-delivery, Not Required to Prove Negligence or Criminal Act) is reproduced on this page as part of the Carriers Act, 1865. Lawyers and researchers use it to read the statutory wording before checking how courts have applied this section in reported judgments.

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