Zambia
Limitation of Liability (Passengers in Government Aircraft) Act, 1963
Chapter 448
- Commenced on 2 August 1963
- [This is the version of this document at 31 December 1996.]
1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Limitation of Liability (Passengers in Government Aircraft) Act.[As amended by G.N. No. 92 of 1964]2. Interpretation
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—"Convention" means the Convention for the unification of certain rules relating to international carriage by air which was signed at Warsaw on the 12th October, 1929;"conventional damages"—(a)in relation to loss of life or bodily injury to which the provisions of section three relate, means an amount in the currency of the Republic equal to the sum fixed from time to time by the Convention as the limit of the liability of a carrier in respect of damage sustained in the event of the death or wounding of a passenger or any other bodily injury suffered by a passenger; and(b)in relation to the destruction or loss of or damage to luggage and personal effects to which the provisions of section four relate, means an amount in the currency of the Republic equal to the sum fixed from time to time by the Convention as the limit of the liability of a carrier in respect of damage sustained in the event of the destruction or loss of or damage to any luggage of which the passenger takes charge himself;"Government aircraft"—(a)means any aircraft which—(i)is the property of the Government or is let out on hire to the Government with or without pilot or crew; and(ii)is employed in the service of the Government; and(b)includes any aircraft of the Defence Force;"passenger", in relation to a Government aircraft, includes any person other than the pilot or member of the crew of the aircraft.[As amended by G.N. No. 92 of 1964 and S.I. Nos. 155 of 1965]3. Limitation of liability in respect of loss of life of or bodily injury to passengers carried in Government aircraft
The total liability of the Government to pay damages in respect of the loss of life of or bodily injury caused on any one occasion to any one person whilst journeying as a passenger in a Government aircraft or whilst entering or alighting from a Government aircraft in connection with a journey made or to be made by him as a passenger in the aircraft shall not exceed the conventional damages.[As amended by G.N. No. 92 of 1964]4. Limitation of liability in respect of destruction or loss of or damage to luggage and personal effects of passengers carried in Government aircraft
5. Savings
Nothing in this Act shall be construed as—History of this document
31 December 1996 this version
Consolidation
02 August 1963
Commenced