Act Number: 28

Act Name: The Multimodal Transportation of Goods Act, 1993

Year: 1993

Enactment Date: 1993-04-02

Long Title: 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.

Ministry: Ministry of Shipping

Department:

Section 23: General average.
    Notwithstanding anything contained in any other provision of this Act, it shall be lawful for the parties to the multimodal transport contract to include in the multimodal transport document any provision relating to general average.
     Explanation. -- For the purposes of this section, "general average" means loss, damage or expense reasonably incurred in order to avert danger to property in common peril and in the common interest involved in the multimodal transportation.
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