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Definition :

Consignment, the sending of goods to another for sale or purchase; also the goods themselves so sent. He who consigns the goods is called the consignor, and the person to whom they are sent is called the consignee.

(ii) means goods entrusted to a railway administra-tion for carriage. [Railways Act, 1989 (24 of 1989), s. 2 (9)]

(iii) means the goods entrusted to a multimodal transport operator for multimodal transportation. [The Multimodal Transportation of Goods Act, 1993 (28 of 1993), s. 2 (d)]