Central Act
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Section 166. Limit for passenger claims.
The Merchant Shipping Act, 2025
In forceAll India (Central Act)
166. Limit for passenger claims. In respect of claims arising on any distinct occasion for loss of life or personal injury to passengers of a vessel, the limit of liability of the owner thereof shall be such as may be prescribed. Explanation.---For the purposes of this section, "claims arising on any distinct occasion for loss of life or personal injury to passengers of a vessel" shall mean any claim brought by or on behalf of any person carried in that vessel,--- (a) under a contract of passenger carriage; or (b) who, with the consent of the carrier, is accompanying a vehicle or live animals which are covered by a contract for the carriage of goods.