Multimodal Transportation of Goods Act, 1993
12. Responsibility of the consignor
(1) The consignor shall be deemed to have
guaranteed to the multimodal transport operator the adequacy and accuracy, at
the time the multimodal transport operator takes charge of the goods, of the
particulars referred to in clauses (a) and (b) of section 9 as furnished by the
consignor for insertion in the multimodal transport document.
(2) The consignor shall indemnify the
multimodal transport operator against loss resulting from inadequacy or
inaccuracy of the particulars referred to in sub-section (1).
(3) The right of the multimodal transport
operator under sub-section (2) shall in no way limit his liability under the
multimodal transport contract to any person other than the consignor.