Multimodal Transport of Goods Act, 2006

Chapter-1

Preliminary

1. Short Title and Commencement: (1) This Act shall be called the “Multimodal Transport of Goods Act, 2063 (2006).”

(2) This Act shall come into force immediately. 2. Definitions: Unless the subject or context otherwise requires, in this Act,-

(a) “Multimodal Transport” means the carriage of goods on the basis of a multimodal transport contract.

(b) “Multimodal Transport Contract” means a contract concluded between a consignor and a multimodal transport operator, whereby the multimodal transport operator undertakes to receive goods from the consignor at any one place within the State of Nepal and to deliver the goods to a specified place outside the State of Nepal, using two or more different modes of transport.

(c) “Multimodal Transport Operator” means a company that has obtained a license under Section 4 to operate multimodal transport services.

(d) “Department” means the Department of Commerce, Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies.

(e) “Consignor” means a person who enters into a multimodal transport contract with a multimodal transport operator for the delivery of goods.

(f) “Consignee” means a person entitled to take delivery of the goods from the multimodal transport operator or his authorized agent or representative in accordance with the multimodal transport contract.

(g) “Multimodal Transport Document” means a written document evidencing the multimodal transport contract, by which the multimodal transport operator, having received the goods from the consignor in accordance with the multimodal transport contract, accepts liability to carry and deliver such goods.

(h) “Negotiable Multimodal Transport Document” means a multimodal transport document issued to the order of a named person or to bearer, or issued in such a way that it is transferable to another person by endorsement, with or without endorsement.

(i) “Non-Negotiable Multimodal Transport Document” means a multimodal transport document issued specifying the name of the consignee.

(j) “Delivery” means the act of handing over the goods to the consignee or to any person specified in accordance with the written consent of the consignor, in accordance with the multimodal transport contract.

(k) “Taken in Charge” means the act of the multimodal transport operator receiving the goods from the consignor for the purpose of delivering them to the consignee, in accordance with the multimodal transport contract.

(l) “Goods” means goods contained in a container or packaged or unpacked, boxes, pallets or similar transport items, and also includes live animals.

(m) “SDR (Special Drawing Rights)” means SDR as defined from time to time by the International Monetary Fund.

(n) “Endorsement” means the act of the consignee signing a multimodal transport document, by mentioning the endorsement on the front or back of the document in a visible manner, for the transfer of the ownership of the goods mentioned in the multimodal transport document to a person specified in accordance with the multimodal transport contract.

(o) “Prescribed” or “as prescribed” means prescribed or as prescribed in the rules made under this Act.