Section 63 of the Railways Act, 1989 – Provision of risk rates

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Section 63: Provision of risk rates

(1) Where any goods are entrusted to a railway administration for carriage, such carriage shall, except where owner’s risk rate is applicable in respect of such goods, be at railway risk rate. (2) Any goods, for which owner’s risk rate and railway risk rate are in force, may be entrusted for carriage at either of the rates and if no rate is opted, the goods shall be deemed to have been entrusted at owner’s risk rate.

Source: official text of The Railways Act, 1989 as published on India Code (PDF). All sections of the Railways Act, 1989.

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