Carriers Act, 1865 Section 9 - Bare Act |
| State | Central Government |
| Year | 1865 |
| Section Title | Plaintiffs, in Suits for Loss, Damage, or Non-delivery, Not Required to Prove Negligence or Criminal Act |
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).