Act Number: 69

Act Name: The Carriage by Air Act, 1972

Year: 1972

Enactment Date: 1972-12-19

Long Title: An Act to give effect to the Convention for the unification of certain rules relating to international carriage by air signed at Warsaw on the 12th day of October, 1929 and to the said Convention as amended by the Hague Protocol on the 28th day of September, 1955 and also to the Montreal Convention signed on the 28th day of May, 1999 and to make provision for applying the rules contained in the said Convention in its original form and in the amended form (subject to exceptions, adaptations and modifications) to non-international carriage by air and for matters connected therewith.

Ministry: Ministry of Civil Aviation

Department:

Section 2: Definitions.
    In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,
         (i) "amended Convention" means the Convention as amended by the Hague Protocol on the 28th day of September, 1955;
         (ii) "Convention" means the Convention for the unification of certain rules relating to international carriage by air signed at Warsaw on the 12th day of October, 1929.
         1[(iii) "Montreal Convention" means the Convention for the unification of certain rules for international carriage by air signed at Montreal on the 28th day of May, 1999;
         (iv) "Annexure" means the Annexure to this Act.]
Notes:
1. Ins. by Act 28 of 2009, s. 3 (w.e.f. 1-7-2009)
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