LawgistThe Railways Act
80Liability of railway administration for wrong delivery
Where a railway administration delivers the consignment to the person who produces the railway receipt, it shall not be responsible for any wrong delivery on the ground that such person is not entitled thereto or that the endorsement on the railway receipt is forged or otherwise defective.
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CARRIAGE OF GOODS
- 61 Maintenance of rate-books, etc., for carriage of goods
- 62 Conditions for receiving, etc., of goods
- 63 Provisions of risk rates
- 64 Forwarding note
- 65 Railway receipt
- 66 Power to require statement relating to the description of goods
- 67 Carriage of dangerous or offensive goods
- 68 Carriage of animals suffering from infectious or contagious diseases
- 69 Deviation of route
- 70 Prohibition of undue preference
- 71 Power to give direction in regard to carriage of certain goods
- 72 Maximum carrying capacity for wagons and trucks
- 73 Punitive charge for overloading a wagon
- 74 Passing of property in the goods covered by railway receipt
- 75 Section 74 not to affect right of stoppage in transit or claims for freight
- 76 Surrender of railway receipt
- 77 Power of railway administration to deliver goods or sale proceeds thereof in certain cases
- 78 Power to measure, weigh, etc
- 79 Weighment of consignment on request of the consignee or endorsee
- 80 Liability of railway administration for wrong delivery
- 81 Open delivery of consigrments
- 82 Partial delivery of consignments
- 83 Lien for freight or any other sum due
- 84 Unclaimed consignment
- 85 Disposal of perishable consignments in certain circumstances
- 86 Sales under sections 83 to 85 not to affect the right to suit
- 87 Power to make rules in respect of matters in this Chapter
