| ARTICLE
1 - DEFINITIONS |
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"AGENT" - Except when
the context otherwise requires any person who has authority
to express or implied, to act for or on behalf of carrier
in relation to the carriage of cargo. |
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| 1.2. |
"AIR WAYBILL"
- The document entitled "Air Waybill"
made out by or on behalf of the shipper, which evidences the
contract between the shipper and carrier for carriage of cargo
over routes of carrier. |
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"APPLICABLE CONVENTION"
- Unless the context requires otherwise, whichever of the following
instruments is applicable to the contract of carriage: |
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1.3.1.
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the convention for the unification
of certain rules relating to International Carriage by
Air, signed at Warsaw,
12 October 1929, (hereinafter referred to as the Warsaw
Convention). |
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1.3.2.
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the Warsaw
convention as amended at the Hague on 28 September 1955:
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| 1.4. |
"CARGO"-(Which
is equivalent to the term "Goods"). Anything carried
or to be carried in an aircraft except mail, or baggage carried
under a passenger ticket and baggage check, but includes baggage
moving under an air waybill or shipment record. |
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| 1.5. |
"CARRIAGE"
- (Which
is equivalent to the term "Transportation"). Carriage
of cargo by air or by another means of transport, whether gratuitously
or for reward. |
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| 1.6. |
"CARRIER" - Includes the
air carrier issuing the air waybill or preserving the shipment
record and all carriers that carry or undertake to carry the
cargo or to perform any other services related to such air carriage. |
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| 1.7. |
"CHARGES COLLECT" - The
charges entered on the air waybill or shipment record for collection
from the consignee against delivery of the shipment. |
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| 1.8. |
"CONSIGNEE" - The person
whose name appears on the air waybill or shipment record, as
the party to whom the shipment is to be delivered by carrier.
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| 1.9. |
"DAYS" - Full calendar
days, including Sundays and legal holidays; provided that for
purposes of notification the balance of the day upon which notice
is despatched shall not be counted. |
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"DELIVERY SERVICE" - The
surface carriage of inbound shipments from the airport of destination
to the address of the consignee or that of his designated agent
or to the custody of the appropriate government agency when
required, including any incidental surface carriage between
airports. |
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"PICK-UP SERVICE" -The
surface carriage of outbound shipments from the point of pick-up
at the address of the shipper or that of his designated agent
to the airport of departure, including any incidental surface
carriage between airports. |
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| 1.12. |
"SHIPMENT"
(Which
is equivalent to the term "Consignment"). Except as
otherwise provided herein, one or more packages, pieces or bundles
of cargo accepted by carrier from one shipper at one time and
at one address receipted for in one lot and under a single air
waybill or a single shipment record, for carriage to one consignee
at one destination address. |
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| 1.13. |
"SHIPMENT RECORD" - Any
record of the contract of carriage preserved by carrier, evidenced
by means other than an air waybill. |
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"SHIPPER"
(Which
is equivalent to the term "Consignor"). The person
whose name appears on the air waybill or shipment record, as
the party contracting with carrier for the carriage of cargo.
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| 1.15. |
"SPECIAL
DRAWING
RIGHT'- A Special Drawing Right as defined by the International
Monetary Fund. |
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