Section 608: Termination of carrier’s liability

Except as otherwise provided for in the contract, the carrier’s liability shall be deemed to have been termination in any of the following circumstances:

(a) If the carrier or his or her agent carries and hands over the goods to the owner of the goods or his or her agent or the person designated by him or her,

(b) If the goods handed over to the carrier are taken back by the owner of the goods or his or her agent prior to the carriage thereof,

(c) If the carrier or his or her agent returns the goods to the owner of the goods or his or her agent, specifying the reason that the goods cannot be carried within the specified time because of the circumstance referred to in clause (b) of sub-section (2) of Section 531.