Section 70
Effect of death on certain causes of action.
About this Act
An Act to promote economical and safe transportation and trade through inland waters, to bring uniformity in application of law relating to inland waterways and navigation within the country, to provide for safety of navigation, protection of life and cargo, and prevention of pollution that may be caused by the use or navigation of inland vessels, to ensure transparency and accountability of administration of inland water transportation, to strengthen procedures governing the inland vessels, their construction, survey, registration, manning, navigation and such other matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
Notwithstanding anything contained in section
306 of the Indian Succession Act, 1925 (39 of 1925), the death of a person in whose favour a certificate of
insurance had been issued, if it occurs after the happening of an event which has given rise to a claim
under the provisions of this Chapter, shall not be a bar to the survival of any cause of action arising out of
the said event against his estate or against the insurer.