Section 2:
Interpretation-clause.
In this Act, unless there be something repugnant in the subject or
context, —
“common carrier” denotes a person, other than the Government, engaged in the business
of 1
transporting property under multinodal transport document or of transporting for hire
property from place to place, by land or inland navigation, for all persons indiscriminately:
“Person”. — “person”2
includes any association or body of persons, whether incorporated or
not.
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Notes:
1. Ins. by Act 28 of 1993, s. 31 and Schedule, Pt. I (w.e.f. 16-10-1992).
2. Cf. Definition in s. 3 (42) of the General Clauses Act, 1897 (10 of 1897).
3. The Paragraph relating to “number” was rep. by Act 10 of 1914, s. 3 and the Second Schedule.