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 6A: Conversion of Special Drawing Rights.
    1[6A. Conversion of Special Drawing Rights.-- Any sum in Special Drawing Rights mentioned in rules 21 and 22 of the Third Schedule shall, for the purpose of any action against a carrier, be converted into rupees at the rate of exchange prevailing on the date on which the amount of damages to be paid by the carrier is ascertained by the Court in accordance with the provisions of rule 23 of the said Third Schedule.]
Notes:
1. Ins. by s. 8, ibid (w.e.f. 1-7-2009).
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