Section 602: Contract for carriage of goods deemed to be made

1) If a contract is concluded for the carriage of any goods from one place to another, a contract for the carriage of goods shall be deemed to have been concluded.

2) Except as otherwise provided for in the contract, a receipt or bill to be issued by the carrier to the owner of goods at the time of handing over the goods for carriage shall be recognized as evidence of the contract concluded between the carrier and the owner of the goods.

Explanation: For the purposes of this Chapter, the term “carrier” means a person operating a transport service other than air or marine transport, or a person engaged in the business of such transport and also includes a person operating the business of carriage through internal navigation transport, rope-way or animal or any other means.

Provided that if any person employed by the owner of goods on wage basis or his or her agent or a person working under his or her supervision carries goods, such a person shall not be deemed to be a carrier for the purposes of this Chapter.