The Carriage by Air Act, 1972

The Carriage by Air Act, 1972

ACT NO. 69 OF 1972

PREAMBLE

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 1 [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.

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

  1. Short title, extent and commencement.
  2. Definitions.
  3. Application of Convention to India.
  4. Application of amended Convention to India.
    4A. Application of Montreal Convention to India.
  5. Liability in case of death.
  6. Conversion of frances.
    6A. Conversion of Special Drawing Rights.
  7. Provisions regarding suits against High Contracting Parties who undertake carriage by air.
  8. Application of Act to carriage by air which is not international.
    8A. Power to make rules.
  9. [Repealed.]
    THE FIRST SCHEDULE.
    THE SECOND SCHEDULE.
    THE THIRD SCHEDUELE.
    ANNEXURE

The Carriage by Air Act, 1972