Section 7 of the Multimodal Transportation of Goods Act, 1993 – Issue of multimodal transport document

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Section 7: Issue of multimodal transport document

  • (1) Where the consignor and the multimodal transport operator have entered into a contract for the multimodal transportation and the multimodal transport operator has taken charge of the goods, he shall, at the option of the consignor, issue a negotiable or non-negotiable multimodal transport document: 1[Provided that the multimodal transport operator shall issue the multimodal transport document only after obtaining, and during the subsistence of a valid insurance cover.]
  • (2) The multimodal transport document shall be signed by the multimodal transport operator or by a person duly authorised by him.

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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