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The Carriage By Air Act, 1934

( ACT NO. XX OF 1934 )

1♣An Act to give effect in Bangladesh to a Convention for the unification of certain rules relating to international carriage by air.

 
WHEREAS a Convention for the unification of certain rules relating to international carriage by air (hereinafter referred to as the Convention) was, on the 12th day of October, 1929, signed at Warsaw;
 
 
AND WHEREAS it is expedient that Bangladesh should accede to the convention and should make provision for giving effect to the said convention in Bangladesh;
 
 
AND WHEREAS it is also expedient to make provision for applying the rules contained in the Convention (subject to exceptions, adaptations and modifications) to carriage by air in Bangladesh which is not international carriage within the meaning of the Convention; It is hereby enacted as follows:-
 
 
 

Short title, extent and commencement
1. (1) This Act may be called the Carriage By Air Act, 1934.
 
 
(2) It extends to the whole of Bangladesh.
 
 
(3) It shall come into force on such date as the Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, appoint.

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    Throughout this Act, except otherwise provided, the words "Bangladesh" and "Government" were substituted, for the words "Pakistan" and "Central Government" respectively by section 3 and 2nd Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973)
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