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Consignment

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)]

Container

which contains: in a narrower sense, it means a receptacle in which articles are covered or enclosed and transported; and in a more limited sense, it means enclosures used in shipping or railway for transport of goods,

Consignee

Act, 1989 (24 of 1989), s. 2 (8)] (ii) means the person named as consignee in the multimodal transport contract. [Multimodal Transportation of Goods Act, 1993 (28 of 1993), s. 2 (c)] means at least the person

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Custodia legis

the property is kept in the possession and under the protection of court, Bank of India v. Vijay Transport, (2000) 8 SCC 512.

Dangerous goods

29 & 30 Vict. c. 39, repealed by the Explosives Act, 1875. See EXPLOSIVE SUBSTANCES; Bamfield v. Goole Transport Co., (1910) 2 KB 94; and Dominion Natural Gas Co. v. Collins,1909 AC 640. As to the sale

Delivery

Act, 1961 (53 of 1961), s. 3 (c)] It means-- (i) in the case of a negotiable multimodal transport document, delivering of the consignment to, or placing the consignment at the disposal of, the consignee or any

Development

carrying out of building engineering, mining or other operations in, on, over or under land, Sage v. Environment, Transport and the Regions, (2003) 1 WLR 983 [Town and Country Planning Act, 1990, s. 55(a)]. Signifies permission which

Document of title to goods

of title to goods, includes a bill of lading, dock-warrant, warehouse keeper's certificate, wharfingers' certificate, railway receipt, multi-modal transport document, warrant or order for the delivery of goods and any other document used in the ordinary course

Duty

expression 'duty' means an 'amount' which shall be collected as a condition for granting the permission to possess, transport import/export or sell opium, Organon (India) Ltd. v. C.C.F, AIR 1994 SC 2489. [Opium Act, (1 of 1878),

Employee

s. 2(9)(i)] The definition of 'employee' in the act would include one who has been dismissed, Central Provinces Transport Service Ltd. v. Raghunath Gopal, AIR 1957 SC 104 (107). [C.P. and Berar Industrial Disputed Settlement Act, (23

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