The Multimodal Transportation of Goods Act

# 11 Evidentiary effect of the multimodal transport document

Save as provided in section 10,--

(a) the multimodal transport document shall be prima facie evidence of the fact that the multimodal transport operator has taken charge of the goods as described in the document; and

(b) no proof to the contrary by the multimodal transport operator shall be admissible if the multimodal transport document is issued in negotiable form and has been transmitted to the consignee or transferred by the consignee to a third party, if the consignee or the third party has acted in good faith relying on the description of the goods in the document.

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Issue of multimodal transport document

Multimodal transport document to be regarded as document of title

Contents of multimodal transport document

Reservation in the multimodal transport document

Responsibility of the consignor

Basis of liability of multimodal transport operator

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

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