Merchant Shipping (Liability of Shipowners and Others) Act, 1996

Application of Rules where port of shipment is a port in the State.

34.—Without prejudice to section 31 , the Rules shall have the force of law in relation to and in connection with the carriage of goods by sea in ships where the port of shipment is a port in the State, whether or not the carriage is between ports in two different states within the meaning of Article X of the Rules.