Section 12 of the Multimodal Transportation of Goods Act, 1993 – Responsibility of the consignor

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Section 12: Responsibility of the consignor

  • (1) The consignor shall be deemed to have guaranteed to the multimodal transport operator the adequacy and accuracy, at the time the multimodal transport operator takes charge of the goods, of the particulars referred to in clauses (a) and (b) of section 9 as furnished by the consignor for insertion in the multimodal transport document.
  • (2) The consignor shall indemnify the multimodal transport operator against loss resulting from inadequacy or inaccuracy of the particulars referred to in sub-section (1).
  • (3) The right of the multimodal transport operator under sub-section (2) shall in no way limit his liability under the multimodal transport contract to any person other than the consignor.

Source: official text of The Multimodal Transportation of Goods Act, 1993 as published on India Code (PDF). All sections of the Multimodal Transportation of Goods Act, 1993.

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