Section 65 : Contracts relating to Transportation

1) A contract relating to transportation shall be deemed to have been concluded if it provides for the transportation of goods from one place to another.

2) Except when otherwise provided for in the contract, the receipt to be issued by the transporter to the owner of goods for their transportation at the time of handling them over for the purpose of transportation shall be recognized as proof of contract between them.

Explanation: For the purpose of this Chapter, the term ‘transporter’ means a person operating a transport service other than air or marine transport or a person operating a business of such operation, and the term also includes a person operating the transport business through animal or any other means.

Provided that, in case any person employed by the owner of goods on a wage basis or his/her agent or a person working under him/her transports goods, he/she shall not be recognized as a transporter for the purpose of this chapter.