Section 8
Multimodal transport document to be regarded as document of title.
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) Every consignee
named in the negotiable or non-negotiable multimodal transport document and every endorsee of such
document, as the case may be, to whom the property in the goods mentioned therein shall pass, upon or
by reason of such consignment or endorsement, shall have all the rights and liabilities of the consignor.
(2) Nothing contained in sub-section (1) shall prejudice or affect the right of the multimodal transport operator to claim freight from the consignor or enforce any liability of the consignee or endorsee by reason of his being such consignee or endorsee.
(2) Nothing contained in sub-section (1) shall prejudice or affect the right of the multimodal transport operator to claim freight from the consignor or enforce any liability of the consignee or endorsee by reason of his being such consignee or endorsee.