In force · As amended up to 2026-08
51. The provisions of rules 3, 4, 5, 7 and 8 relating to the documentation of carriage shall not apply in the case of carriage performed in extraordinary circumstances outside the normal scope of a carrier's business.
CHAPTER I
SCOPE OF APPLICATION
1. (1) These rules shall apply to all international carriage of persons, baggage or cargo performed by aircraft for reward. They shall apply also to such carriage when performed gratuitously by an air transport undertaking.
(2) In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires,—
(a) "baggage" means both checked baggage and unchecked baggage;
- (b) "days" means calendar days and not working days;
- (c) "depository" means the International Civil Aviation Organisation;
(d) "State Party" means a signatory or acceding State to the Montreal Convention whose instrument of ratification or accession has been deposited with the depository.
(3) For the purposes of these rules, the expression "international carriage" means any carriage in which, according to the agreement between the parties, the place of departure and the place of destination, whether or not there be a break in the carriage or a transhipment, are situated either within the territories of two State Parties, or within the territory of a single State Party if there is an agreed stopping place within the territory of another State, even if that State is not a State Party. A carriage between two points within the territory of a single State Party without an agreed stopping place within the territory of another State shall not be deemed to be international carriage for the purposes of these rules.
CHAPTER I
SCOPE-DEFINITIONS
1. (1) These rules apply to all international carriage of persons, baggage or cargo performed by aircraft for reward. They apply equally to gratuitous carriage by aircraft performed by an air transport undertaking.
(2) In these rules, "High Contracting Party" means a High Contracting Party to the amended Convention.
(3) for the purposes of these rules, the expression "International carriage" means any carriage in which, according to the agreement between the parties, the place of departure and the place of destination, whether or not there be a break in the carriage or a transhipment, are situated either within the territories of two High Contracting Parties or within the territory of a single High Contracting Party if there is an agreed stopping place within the territory of another State, even if that State is not a High Contracting Party. Carriage between two points within the territory of a single High Contracting Party without an agreed stopping place within the territory of another State is not international carriage for the purposes of these rules.
(4) A carriage to be performed by several successive air carriers shall be deemed for the purposes of these rules, to be one undivided carriage if it has been regarded by the parties as a single operation, whether it has been agreed upon under the form of a single contract or of a series of contracts, and it shall not lose its international character merely because one contract or a series of contracts is to be performed entirely within the territory of the same State.
(5) These rules shall apply also to carriage as set out in Chapter V, subject to the terms contained therein.
1. Short title, extent and commencement.— (1) This Act may be called the Carriage by Air Act, 1972.
(2) It extends to the whole of India.
(3) It shall come into force on such date[2] as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
(4) Carriage to be performed by several successive air carriers is deemed, for the purposes of these rules, to be one undivided carriage if it has been regarded by the parties as a single operation, whether it had been agreed upon under the form of a single contract or of a series of contracts, and it does not lose its international character merely because one contract or a series of contracts is to be performed entirely within the territory of the same State.
Source: India Code