Carriage by Air Act 1974 · Updated to 1 Jun 2015
3. Convention to have force of law
Official textFrom Laws of Malaysia Online, unchanged
Subject to this section, the provisions of the Convention shall, so far as they relate to the rights and liabilities of carriers, carriers’
Convention
“Convention” means the Convention for the unification of certain rules relating to international carriage by air known as “the Warsaw Convention as amended at The Hague 1955” as set out in the First Schedule;
servants and agents, passengers, consignors, consignees and other persons, and subject to the provisions of this Act, have the force of law in Malaysia in relation to any carriage by air to which the
Convention applies, irrespective of the nationality of the aircraft performing that carriage.
This section shall not apply so as to affect rights or liabilities arising out of an occurrence before the coming into force of this section.
Terms defined in s 2
Convention
Defined · s 2“Convention” means the Convention for the unification of certain rules relating to international carriage by air known as “the Warsaw Convention as amended at The Hague 1955” as set out in the First Schedule;