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| (1) The Articles contained in the Schedule to this Act, being the provisions of the Convention known as convention " The Warsaw Convention as amended at the Hague" (in this Part of this Act referred to as " the Convention ") shall in so far as they relate to the rights and liabilities of apply to carriers, passengers, consignors, consignors and other persons and subject to the provisions of this Part of this Act have the force of law in Sri Lanka in relation to any carriage by air to which the Convention applies, irrespective of the nationality of the aircraft performing that carriage. |
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| (2) The Minister may, by Order from lime to time published in the Gazette, certify who are the High Contracting Parties to the Convention, in respect of what territories they are respectively parties and to what extent they have availed themselves of the provisions of the Additional Protocol to the Convention, and any such Order, shall, except in so far as it has been superseded by a sub sequent Order, be conclusive evidence of the matters so certified. |
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| (3) Any liability imposed by Article 17 of the Convention on a carrier in respect of the death of a passenger shall be in substitution for any liability of the carrier in respect of the death of that passenger under any law, whether statutory or otherwise, for the time being In force in Sri Lanka, and the provisions of the Second Schedule to the Air Navigation Act shall have effect with respect to, the persons by, and for whose benefit the liability so imposed is enforceable and with respect to the manner in which it may be enforced. |
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| (4) The Minister may, with the approval of the Minister in charge the subject of Finance, from time to time, by Order published in the Gazette specify the respective amounts which for the purposes of Article 22 of the Convention are to be taken as equivalent to the sums expressed in francs in that Article. |
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