Section 1
This Act may be cited as the Carriage of Goods by Sea
(Amendment) Act 2020.
(2)
This Act comes into operation on a date to be appointed by the Minister by notification in the Gazette.
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Carriage of Goods by Sea (Amendment) Act 2020 is Malaysia Amendment Act, cited as Amendment Act A1613 2020, currently marked in force and first recorded in 2020.
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CARRIAGE OF GOODS BY SEA (AMENDMENT)
ACT 2020
Date of Royal Assent
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22 January 2020
Date of publication in the
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4 February 2020
Gazette
Publisher’s Copyright C
(Appointed Printer to the Government of Malaysia).
Carriage of Goods by Sea (Amendment)
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CARRIAGE OF GOODS BY SEA (AMENDMENT)
ACT 2020
Opening note
This Act may be cited as the Carriage of Goods by Sea
(Amendment) Act 2020.
This Act comes into operation on a date to be appointed by the Minister by notification in the Gazette.
Amendment of section 4
The Carriage of Goods by Sea Act 1950 [Act 527], which is referred to as the “principal Act” in this Act, is amended in section 4—
in the shoulder note, by substituting for the words “bills of lading” the words “sea carriage documents”; and
by substituting for the words “bill of lading, or similar document of title,” the words “sea carriage document”.
Amendment of section 6
Section 6 of the principal Act is amended by substituting for the words “bill of lading” wherever appearing the words “sea carriage document”.
New section 6a
The principal Act is amended by inserting after section 6 the following section:
“Power to amend Schedule 6a. The Minister may, by order published in the Gazette, amend the Schedule to the Act.”.
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