CARRIAGE OF GOODS BY AIR

CARRIAGE GOODS BY AIR

Law contained in Carriage by Air Act 1993.
Warsaw Convention Rules.
High Contracting Party.
International Carriage.

DOCUMENTS OF CARRIAGE
Passenger Ticket
Luggage Ticket
Air Way Bill (Air Consignment Note)

CONTENTS OF THE AIRWAY BILL

It contains the following particulars:

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The place and date of its execution.

The place of departure and destination.
The agreed stopping places.
The name and address of the consignor.
The name and address of the first carrier.
The name and address of the consignee.
The nature of goods.
The number of packages, the method of packing and the particular marks
or numbers upon them.
The weight, the quantity and volume of goods.
The condition of the goods and the packing.
The freight, the data and place of payment and person who is to pay.
If the goods are sent for payment on delivery, the price of the goods, and
the amount of the expenses incurred.
The amount of the value declared.
The number of the parts of the air consignment note.
The documents handed over to the carrier to accompany the air
consignment note.
The time needed for the completion of the carriage and rout to be followed.
A statement that the carriage is subject to the rules relating to the li8ability
contained in this schedule.

Right of Disposition of the Consignor

The consignor has the right to dispose of the cargo by withdrawing it
at the airport of departure or destination, or by stopping it in the
course of its journey on any landing or by calling for it to be delivered
at the place of destination or in the course of journey to a person other
than the consignee named in the airway bill. (Rule 12)

Rights of the Consignee

The following are the rights of consignee:

1.

Unless it is otherwise agreed, the consignee has the right to

receive notice from the carrier as soon as the cargo arrives at the
place of destination.

2.

The consignee is entitled on the arrival of the cargo at the

destination to require the carrier to make its delivery to him of
course on the payment of such charges as may be due thereon
and also when he has complied with the conditions as appearing
in the airway bill.

3.

If the carrier, in the event of a loss, admits the same or if the

cargo may have not arrived even after the expiration of seven
days form the date when it ought to have landed normally the
consignee would become entitled to enforce his rights against the
carrier as may be available to him under the contract of carriage.

Liabilities of the Carrier

The Carrier by air is liable to pay damages in the following cases:

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The carrier is liable to pay damage as may be sustained in the

event of death or wounding of a passenger when on board the
aircraft or in the course of embarkation or disembarkation.
(Rule 17)

2.

The carrier is liable for damage sustained in the event of

destruction or loss of, or of damage to any registered baggage
or any cargo, if the same took place during the carriage by air.

3.

The carrier is also responsible for damage as be occasioned by

delay in the carriage by air of passengers, baggage or cargo.
(Rule 17 to 30)