Act Number: 3

Act Name: The Carriers Act, 1865

Year: 1865

Enactment Date: 1865-02-14

Long Title: An Act relating to the rights and liabilities of Common Carriers.

Ministry: Ministry of Road Transport and Highways

Department:

Section 9: Plaintiffs, in suits for loss, damage, or non-delivery, not required to prove negligence or criminal act.
In any suit brought against a common carrier for the loss, damage or non-delivery of 1goods (including container, pallets or similar article of transport used to consolidate goods) entrusted to him for carriage, it shall not be necessary for the plaintiff to prove that such loss, damage or non-delivery was owing to the negligence or criminal act of the carrier, his servants or agents.
Notes:
1. Subs. by Act 28 of 1993, s. 31 and the Schedule, Pt. I, for “goods entrusted” (w.e.f. 16-10-1992).
Scroll to Top