Section 10
Reservation in the multimodal transport document.
The Multimodal Transportation of Goods Act, 1993
About this Act
An Act to provide for the regulation of the multimodal transportation of goods, from any place in India to a place outside India, on the basis of a multimodal transport contract and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
(1) Where the multimodal transport
operator or a person acting on his behalf knows, or has reasonable grounds to suspect, that the particulars
furnished by the consignor in the multimodal transport document do not accurately represent the goods
actually taken in charge, or if he has no reasonable means of checking such particulars, the multimodal
transport operator or a person acting on his behalf shall insert in the multimodal transport document a
reservation specifying the inaccuracies, if any, the grounds of suspicion or the absence of reasonable
means of checking the particulars.
(2) Where the multimodal transport operator or a person acting on his behalf fails to insert the reservation in the multimodal transport document relating to the apparent condition of the goods, he shall be deemed to have accepted the goods in apparent good condition.
(2) Where the multimodal transport operator or a person acting on his behalf fails to insert the reservation in the multimodal transport document relating to the apparent condition of the goods, he shall be deemed to have accepted the goods in apparent good condition.