An Act to provide for the regulation of the multimodal transportation of goods, from any place in India to a place outside India, on the basis of a multimodal transport contract and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
The Multimodal Transportation of Goods Act, 1993 has 33 sections in 5 chapters, amended 2 times. Each link below opens the official text of that section. Official PDF on India Code.
Chapter I: PRELIMINARY
Chapter II: REGULATION OF MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION
- Section 3 – No person to carry on business without registration
- Section 4 – Registration for multimodal transportation
- Section 5 – Cancellation of registration
- Section 6 – Appeal
Chapter III: MULTIMODAL TRANSPORT DOCUMENT
- Section 7 – Issue of multimodal transport document
- Section 8 – Multimodal transport document to be regarded as document of title
- Section 9 – Contents of multimodal transport document
- Section 10 – Reservation in the multimodal transport document
- Section 11 – Evidentiary effect of the multimodal transport document
- Section 12 – Responsibility of the consignor
Chapter IV: RESPONSIBILITIES AND LIABILITIES OF THE MULTIMODAL TRANSPORT OPERATOR
- Section 13 – Basis of liability of multimodal transport operator
- Section 14 – Limits of liability when the nature and value of the consignment have not been declared and stage of transport where loss or damage occurred is not known
- Section 15 – Limits of liability when the nature and value of the consignment have not been declared and stage of transport where loss or damage occurred is known
- Section 16 – Liability of the multimodal transport operator in case of delay in delivery of goods under certain circumstances
- Section 17 – Assessment of compensation
- Section 18 – Loss of right of multimodal transport operator to limit liability
- Section 19 – Limit of liability of multimodal transport operator for total loss of goods
- Section 20 – Notice of loss of or damage to goods
- Section 20A – Period of responsibility
Chapter V: MISCELLANEOUS
- Section 21 – Special provision for dangerous goods
- Section 22 – Right of multimodal transport operator to have lien on goods and documents
- Section 23 – General average
- Section 24 – Limitation on action
- Section 25 – Jurisdiction for instituting action
- Section 26 – Arbitration
- Section 27 – Delegation of power
- Section 28 – Multimodal transport contract to be made in accordance with this Act
- Section 29 – Act of override other enactments
- Section 30 – Power to make rules
- Section 31 – Repealed (omitted/repealed)
- Section 32 – Repeal and savings (omitted/repealed)