Act Number: 41

Act Name: The Carriage by Road Act, 2007

Year: 2007

Enactment Date: 2007-09-29

Long Title: An Act to provide for the regulation of common carriers, limiting their liability and declaration of value of goods delivered to them to determine their liability for loss of, or damage to, such goods occasioned by the negligence or criminal acts of themselves, their servants or agents and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

Ministry: Ministry of Road Transport and Highways

Department:

Section 1: Short title, extent and commencement.
    (1) This Act may be called the Carriage by Road Act, 2007.
     (2) It extends to the whole of India, except the State of Jammu and Kashmir*.
     (3) It shall come into force on such date1 as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
Notes:
1. 20th July 2010, vide notification No. S.O. 1738(E), dated 15thAugust, 2010, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3 (ii).
. *. Vide notification No. S.O. 3912(E), dated 30th October, 2019, this Act is made applicable to the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir and the Union territory of Ladakh.
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