The Carriage by Air (Supplementary Convention) Act, 1968



( 1968 সনের V নং আইন )



 

[29th May, 1968]

 

 

 

      An Act to give effect in Bangladesh to the Convention, Supplementary to the Warsaw Convention, for the Unification of Certain Rules Relating to International Carriage by Air Performed by a Person other than the Contracting Carrier.







 



WHEREAS it is expedient to give effect in Bangladesh to the Convention, Supplementary to the Warsaw Convention, for the Unification of Certain Rules Relating to International Carriage by Air Performed by a Person other than the Contracting Carrier, and to provide for matters connected therewith;



It is hereby enacted as follows:-



 

 







 



1.Short title, extent and commencement

 





1. (1) This Act may be called the Carriage by Air (Supplementary Convention) Act, 1968.

(2) It extends to the whole of Bangladesh.

(3) It shall come into force at once and shall be deemed to have taken effect on the 19th day of September, 1965.

 

 



 

 







 



2.Application of Supplementary Convention

 





2. (1) The rules contained in the Schedule, being the provisions of the Convention, Supplementary to the Warsaw Convention, for the Unification of Certain Rules Relating to International Carriage by Air Performed by a Person other than the Contracting Carrier, hereinafter referred to as the Convention, shall, subject to the provisions of this Act, have the force of law in Bangladesh in relation to any carriage by air to which those rules apply, irrespective of the nationality of the aircraft performing the carriage.

(2) The rules contained in the Schedule shall be supplementary to, and form part of the rules contained in the First Schedule to the Carriage by Air Act, 1934 (XX of 1934), or, as the case may be, in the First Schedule to the Carriage by Air (International Convention) Act, 1966 (IX of 1966), and shall have effect accordingly.

(3) The

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Government] may, by notification in the official Gazette, certify who are the Contracting States for the purposes of the Convention and in respect of what territories they are Contracting States; and any such notification shall be conclusive evidence of the matters specified therein.