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Kingfisher Airlines Ltd. hereby
makes the following Regulations relating to the conditions on
non-international carriage of Cargo (other than Baggage and Mail)
performed by Kingfisher Airlines Ltd. namely:
Short
Title:
a. These regulations may be called the Kingfisher Airlines
Ltd. Non International Carriage
of Cargo
(other than Baggage and Mail) Regulations 1993.
b. It shall come into
force from 9th May, 2005.
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Definitions:
In these regulations, unless there is
anything repugnant in the subject or context:-
1. "Government
means the Government of India";
2. "Non-International Carriage"
means carriage as defined in the Carriage by Air
Act,
1972;
3. "Cargo" in this
context will not include baggage and mail;
4. "Air Waybill" means
"Air Consignment Note."
5. "Shipper" means "Consignor";
6.
"Carriage" means "Transportation";
7. "Carrier" means the Carrier
(that is Kingfisher Airlines), issuing the Air Waybill; and
8.
For the purposes of the exemption from and limitation of liability
provisions set forth
or referred to in the
Air Waybill, "Carrier" includes agents, servants or
representatives of the
carrier.
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a. Carriage hereunder is subject to the rules relating to liability established by Air Act,
1972, (69 of 1972) as extended to non-international carriage with certain exceptions, adaptations and modifications vide Governmen of India, Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation Notification No. AV-11012/8/72-A dated 30th March, 1973,
published in Part II Section3, Sub-Section (II) of the Gazette of India dated 30.3.1973 and modified by Government of India, Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation Notification No. AV-11012/5/79-A dated 5th July 1980 published in Part II Section 3, Sub-Section (II) of the Gazette of India 19.7.1980.
b. Carriage hereunder is subject to:-
i)
Applicable laws, Government regulations, orders, and
requirements;
ii) Provision hereinsetforth;
iii)
Applicable tariffs, rules, regulations and time tables (but not the
times of departure
and arrival therein) of the
carrier, which are made part hereof and which may
be
inspected at any of its offices and at
airports from which it operates regular services.
c. The agreed
stopping places (which may be altered by the carrier in case of
necessity)
and those places, except the place of
departure and the place of destination, set
forth on the face of the Air Waybill or
shown in the Carrier's time-table as scheduled
stopping places for the route;
d. The shipper acknowledges that he has been given the opportunity to make a special
declaration of the value of the goods at delivery and that the sum entered
on the face
of the Air Waybill as
"Shipper's/Consignor declared value for carriage" if in excess of
Rs. 450/- (Rupees four Hundred and Fifty
only) per kilogram constitutes such special
declaration of value and has paid a supplementary sum it the case so
requires. In that
case the carrier will be liable to pay a sum not exceeding the declared sum, unless
he
proves that sum is greater than the
actual value to the consignor at delivery.
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In so far as any provision contained or referred to in
the Air Waybill may be contrary to the mandatory law, government
regulations, orders or requirements, such provision shall remain
applicable to the extent that it is not over-ridden thereby. The
invalidity of any provision shall not effect any other part
thereof.
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Except as the provisions of the Second Schedule to the
Indian Carriage by Air Act, 1972, (69 to 1972) as applicable to carriage
by air not being international carriage with exceptions, adaptations and
modifications thereof or other applicable law may otherwise
require:-
a. The carrier is not liable to the shipper or any
other person for any damage, delay or loss of whatsoever nature
(hereinafter collectively referred to as "damage") arising out of or in
connection with the carriage of the goods, unless such damage excluding
delay is proved to have been caused by the negligence or willful fault
of the carrier and there has been no contradictory negligence of the
shipper, consignee or other claimant. The carrier will not be liable for
damage caused by delay in the carriage.
b. The carrier is not
liable of any damage directly or indirectly arising out of compliance
with laws, government regulation, orders or requirements or from any
cause beyond the carrier's control;
The charges for carriage
having been based upon the value declared by the shipper, liability
shall in no event exceed the shipper's declared value for carriage
stated on the face of the Air Waybill, and in the absence of such
declaration by the shipper, the liability of the carrier for any loss,
either direct, indirect or otherwise to the shipper, consignee or to any
third party arising out of non-delivery or mis-delivery or negligence or
for any other reason whatsoever shall not exceed Rs. 450/- (Rupees Four
Hundred and Fifty only) per kilogram of goods. This limitation of
liability of the carrier will be a valid defense against claims made
against it either by the shipper, consignee or any third
party.
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There shall not be any time limit fixed for the
completion of carriage hereunder and that the carrier may without notice
substitute alternate carriers or aircraft. The carrier does not assume
any obligation to carry the goods by any specified aircraft or over any
particular route or to routes or to make connections to any point
according to any particular schedule, and the carrier is authorised to
select, or deviate from the route or routes of shipment, notwithstanding
that the same may be stated on the face of the Air Waybill. The shipper
shall guarantee the payment of all charges and advances.
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The goods or packages said to contain the goods,
described on the face of the Air Waybill shall be accepted for carriage
from their receipt at carrier's terminal or Airport office at the place
of departure to the Airport at the place of destination. If so specially
agreed, the goods or packages said to contain goods, described on the
face of the Air Waybill, will also be accepted for forwarding to the
airport of departure and for the reforwarding beyond the airport of
destinations. If such forwarding or reforwarding is by carriage operated
by the carrier such carriage shall be upon the same terms as to
liability as set forth in Regulations 3 and 5 above. In any other event,
the issuing carrier, and last carrier respectively, in forwarding or
reforwarding the goods shall do so only as agents of the shipper, owner
or consignee, as the case may be, and shall not be liable for any damage
arising out of such additional carriage, unless proved to have been
caused by its own negligence or willful fault. The shipper, owner and
consignee will authorise such carriers to do all things deemed advisable
to effect such forwarding or reforwarding including, but without
limitation, selection of the means of forwarding or reforwarding and the
routes thereof (unless these have been specified by the shipper),
execution an acceptance of documents of carriage (which may include
provisions exempting or limiting liability) and consigning of goods with
no declaration of value, notwithstanding any declaration of value in the
Air Waybill.
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The carrier authorised (but shall be under no
obligation) to pay any duties, taxes or charges and to make any
disbursement with respect to the goods, and the shipper, owner and
consignee shall be jointly and severally liable for reimbursement
thereof. It is necessary to make customs entry of the goods at any
place, the goods shall be deemed to be consigned at such place to the
person named on the face of the Air Waybill as customs consignee or, if
no such person be named, to the carrier carrying the goods to such place
or to such customs consignee, if any carrier may
designate.
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Except as otherwise specifically provided in the Air
Waybill,delivery of goods will be made to the consignee name on the face
of the Air Waybill, or the Consignee's agent authorised accompanied by
the consignee's copy of the Air Waybill. Notice of arrival of the goods
will, in the absence of other instructions, be sent to the Consignee by
ordinary methods. The carrier will not be liable for the non-receipt or
delay in receipt of such notice.
In case urgency is pleased, the
carrier may deliver the consignment to the Consignee or Consignee's
authorised agent without production of the consignee's copy of the Air
Waybill upon a Bond being furnished.
The value for purpose of the
Bond will be calculated at the rate of Rs. 450/- (Rupees Four Hundred
and Fifty only) per kilogram of the weight of the consignment, when no
value is declared. Where the value is declared for carriage of goods the
value for purposes of the Bond would be the value of the goods so
declared.The delivery of the consignment in the aforementioned manner
shall be a complete discharge of any responsibility or liability of the
carrier.
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a. Receipt without complaint of any consignment at the
time of delivery shall be prima facie evidence that the consignment has
been delivered correctly and in goods conditions;
b. No action
shall be maintained in the case of damage to goods unless a written
notice sufficiently describing the goods concerned, the approximate date
of the damage and the details of the claims, is presented to an office
of the carrier within 7 days from the date of receipt thereof, and in
the case of loss (including non-delivery) unless presented within 120
days from the date of issue of the Air Waybill;
c. Any rights to
damages against the carrier shall be extinguished unless an action is
brought within two years after the occurrence of the events giving rise
to the claim.
The shipper shall comply with all applicable laws, and other
government regulations including those relating to the packing, carriage
or delivery of the goods, and shall furnish such information and attach
such documents to the Air Waybill as may be necessary to comply with
such laws and regulations. The carrier is not liable to the shipper or
any other person for loss or expense due to shipper's failure to comply
with this provision.
No agent, servant or representative of the carrier has authority to
alter, modify or waive any provision of the Air Waybill.
The Operator/Carrier shall always be entitled to open up the
consignment to ensure the correctness of its contents subject always to
it being clearly understood that by doing so the Operator/Carrier shall
not undertake any responsibility or liability for any contravention of
Rule 8 of Aircraft Rules 1937 by the Consignor for which the Consignor
alone shall continue to be liable.