Section 7
Issue of 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 consignor and the multimodal
transport operator have entered into a contract for the multimodal transportation and the multimodal
transport operator has taken charge of the goods, he shall, at the option of the consignor, issue a
negotiable or non-negotiable multimodal transport document:
1[Provided that the multimodal transport operator shall issue the multimodal transport document only after obtaining, and during the subsistence of a valid insurance cover.]
(2) The multimodal transport document shall be signed by the multimodal transport operator or by a person duly authorised by him.
1[Provided that the multimodal transport operator shall issue the multimodal transport document only after obtaining, and during the subsistence of a valid insurance cover.]
(2) The multimodal transport document shall be signed by the multimodal transport operator or by a person duly authorised by him.
Notes
1 . Ins. by s. 5, ibid. (w.e.f. 5-12-2000).