(1) If a
contract is concluded for the carriage of any goods from one place
to another, a contract for the carriage of goods shall be deemed to
have been concluded.
(2) Except as otherwise provided for in the contract, a
receipt or bill to be issued by the carrier to the owner of goods at
the time of handing over the goods for carriage shall be recognized
as an evidence of the contract concluded between the carrier and the
owner of the goods.
Explanation: For the purposes of this Chapter, the term
“carrier” means a person operating a transport service other than air
or marine transport, or a person engaged in the business of such
transport, and also includes a person operating the business of
carriage through internal navigation transport, rope-way or animal
or any other means.
Provided that if any person employed by the owner of goods
on wage basis or his or her agent or a person working under his or
her supervision carries goods, such a person shall not be deemed to
be a carrier for the purposes of this Chapter.