Transport plays a vital role in economic development of a
country. It facilitates the movement of goods and labour from one place to
another place. The role of carriage is very important in the development of
industry and commerce. In one hand, it helps to carry the raw materials and
machines to the industry and on the other hand the raw materials and machines
to the industry and on the other hand it carries the industrial and
agricultural productions to the market. Thus, the carriage of goods from one to
another within the country or from one country to another plays an important
role in the commercial life modern world.
As being a necessary part of modern business, it is
essential to regulate such business under legal framework. Therefore, every
country of the world has made required legal framework to regulate carriage of
goods. The goods are carried by land, sea or air, are considered as ht law of
carriage. The contract of goods under the law of carriage plays very
significant role for operating the business activities.
The Contract Act, 2000 has incorporated some provision about
the carriage under Section 65 to 70. Section 656 is concerning to the definition
and other Sections relating to the liabilities to the carrier. The Act has not
made sufficient provisions for regulating the carriage. It has not classified
the carrier as common and private. It does not mention about the goods
carriage. In the addition to this Act, there are other Acts also relating in
respect of carriage. More or less these all Acts also relating in respect of
carriage. More or less these all the Acts have made some provisions for
regulating it. The relevant Acts are given below:
1.
The civil Aviation Act, 2015
2.
The Internal Postal Act, 2019
3.
The Necessary Services Discharging Act, 2014
4.
The Nepal Airlines Corporation Act, 2019
5.
The Railway Act, 2020
6.
The Shipping Act. 2027
7.
The Vehicle and Transport Management Act, 2049
8.
The Multimodal Transportation of Goods Act, 2063
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