Repealed or not in force · As amended up to 2026-08
11. State Government to add to the Schedule.
SCHEDULE.
THE CARRIERS ACT, 1865
ACT NO. 3 OF 1865[1]
[14 th February, 1865.].
An Act relating to the rights and liabilities of Common Carriers .
PREAMBLE .—WHEREAS it is expedient not only to enable common carriers to limit their liability for loss of or damage to property delivered to them to be carried but also to declare their liability for loss of or damage to such property occasioned by the negligence or criminal acts of themselves, their servants or agents; It is enacted as follows : —
1. Short title. —This Act may be cited as the Carriers Act, 1865.
3[ 11. State Government to add to the Schedule. —The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, add to the list of articles contained in the Schedule to this Act, and the Schedule shall, on the issue of any such notification, be deemed to have been amended accordingly.]
1. Subs. by Act 28 of 1993, s. 31 and the Schedule, Pt. I, for "goods entrusted" (w.e.f. 16-10-1992).
2. Ins. by Act 10 of 1899, s. 2. Earlier rep. by Act 9 of 1890.
3. Ins. by Act 13 of 1921, s. 3.
SCHEDULE
Gold and silver coin.
Gold and silver in a manufactured or unmanufactured state.
Precious stones and pearls.
Jewellery.
Time-pieces of any description.
Trinkets.
Bills and hundis .
Currency notes of the Central Government, or notes of any Bank, or securities for payment of money, English or Foreign.
Stamps and stamped paper.
Maps, prints and works of art.
Writings.
Title-deeds.
Gold or silver plate or plated articles.
Glass.
China
Silk in a manufactured or unmanufactured state, and whether wrought up or not wrought other materials.
Shawls and lace.
Clothes and tissues embroidered with the precious metals or of which such metals form part.
Articles of ivory, ebony or sandal-wood.
1[Art pottery and all articles made of marble.
Furs. Government securities.
Opium.
Coral.
Musk, Itr , Sandal-wood oil, and other essential oils used in the preparation of itr or perfumes.
Musical and scientific instruments.
Feathers.
Narcotic preparations or hemp.
Crude India-rubber.
Jade, Jade-stone and amber.
1. Ins. by Notification No. 5299, dated 14th October, 1922, see Gazette of India, 1922, Pt. I, p. 1235.
Gooroochand or Gooroochandan. Cinematograph films and apparatus. Zahir Mohra Khatai. 1[Platinum. Iridium. Palladium. Radium and its preparations. Tantalum. Osmium. Ruthenium. Rhodium]. 2[Agarwood].
Source: India Code