Clause 3

Subject to this Act, the provisions of the Convention and the amended Convention shall, so far as they relate to the rights and liabilities of carriers, carriers’ servants and agents, passengers, consignors, consignees and other persons, have the force of law in Singapore in relation to any carriage by air to which the Convention or the amended Convention, as the case may require applies, irrespective of the nationality of the aircraft performing that carriage.

If there is any inconsistency between any of the texts set out in the First and Second Schedules and the authentic text in the French language of the Warsaw Convention or the Hague Protocol, as the case may be, the authentic French text shall prevail.

Subsection (1) shall not apply so as to affect rights or liabilities arising out of an occurrence before the commencement of this Act.