Section 1. Short title and commencement

1. Short title and commencement.— (1) This Act may be called the Carriage of Goods by Sea Act, 2025. (2) It shall come into force on such date[1] as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint. 1. 10th day of September, 2025, vide notification No. S.O. 4082 (E), dated 8th day of September, 2025, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3(ii). (a) the carriage of goods by sea in sailing ships, carrying goods from any port in India to any other port whether in or outside India; (b) the carriage of goods by sea in ships, carrying goods from a port in India notified in this behalf, to a port in Sri Lanka specified in the said notification, have effect as though the said Article referred to goods of any class instead of to particular goods and as though the proviso to the second paragraph of the said Article were omitted.