Section 166
Limit for passenger claims.
The Merchant Shipping Act, 2025
About this Act
An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to merchant shipping to ensure compliance with India's obligation under the maritime treaties and international instruments to which India is a party and also to ensure the development of Indian shipping and efficient maintenance of Indian mercantile marine in a manner best suited to serve the national interest and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
In respect of claims arising on any distinct occasion for loss of life or personal injury to passengers of a vessel, the limit of liability of the owner thereof shall be such as may be prescribed.
Explanation.—For the purposes of this section, “claims arising on any distinct occasion for loss of life or personal injury to passengers of a vessel” shall mean any claim brought by or on behalf of any person carried in that vessel,—
(a) under a contract of passenger carriage; or
(b) who, with the consent of the carrier, is accompanying a vehicle or live animals which are covered by a contract for the carriage of goods.
Explanation.—For the purposes of this section, “claims arising on any distinct occasion for loss of life or personal injury to passengers of a vessel” shall mean any claim brought by or on behalf of any person carried in that vessel,—
(a) under a contract of passenger carriage; or
(b) who, with the consent of the carrier, is accompanying a vehicle or live animals which are covered by a contract for the carriage of goods.