Carriers Act, 1865
2.
Interpretation-clause.-
In
this Act, unless there be something repugnant in the subject or context-
Common carrier. - "common
carrier" denotes a person, other than the Government, engaged in the
business of transporting for hire property from place to place, by land or
inland navigation, for all persons indiscriminately:
Person.-{ Cf.definition in s.3 (42) of the General
Clauses Act, 1897 (10 of 1897)} "person" includes any association for
body of persons, whether incorporated or not.
{The paragraph relating to "number" was rep.by
Act 10 of 1914.}