Carriage by Air (Amendment) Act 2023

Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.

Official translationFrom Department of Government Printing, unchanged

s 1Short title

This Act may be cited as the Carriage by Air

(Amendment) Act, No. 8 of 2023.

s 2Amendment of section 5 of Act, No. 29 of 2018

Section 5 of the Carriage by Air Act, No. 29 of 2018

is hereby amended by the insertion immediately after subsection (2) of that section, of the following new subsections:–

“(3) The Minister may, from time to time by Order published in the Gazette, specify the limits of liability as may be applicable to carriage by air not being international carriage by air.”.

s 3Sinhala text to prevail in case of inconsistency

In the event of any inconsistency between the Sinhala and Tamil texts of this Act, the Sinhala text shall prevail.