Railways Act, 1989
64. Forwarding note.-
(1) Every person entrusting any goods to a railway
administration for carriage shall execute a forwarding note in such form as may
be specified by the Central Government:
Provided that no forwarding note shall be executed in
the case of such goods as may be prescribed.
(2) The consignor shall be responsible for the correctness of
the particulars furnished by him in the forwarding note.
(3) The consignor shall indemnify the railway station against
any damage, suffered by it, by reason of the incorrectness or incompleteness of
the particulars in the forwarding note.