Carriage by Air (Montreal Convention, 1999) Act 2007 · 2020 Revised Edition
9. Time for bringing proceedings
Official textFrom Singapore Statutes Online, unchanged
An action against a carrier’s servant or agent which arises out of damage to which the Convention relates must not, if the servant or agent was acting within the scope of the servant’s or agent’s employment, be brought after more than 2 years, reckoned from —
Convention
“Convention” means the Convention for the unification of certain rules relating to international carriage by air opened for signature at Montreal on 28 May 1999, the text of which is set out in the Schedule;
the date of arrival at the destination;
the date on which the aircraft ought to have arrived at the destination; or
the date on which the carriage stopped.
Article 35 of the Convention must not be read as applying to any proceedings for contribution between persons liable for any damage to which the Convention relates.
Subject to sections 4 and 29 of the Limitation Act 1959, an action must not be brought by a person liable for any damage to which the Convention relates to recover contribution from any other person in respect of the damage after the expiration of 2 years from the time when a court gives judgment or makes an award against the person seeking to recover the contribution.
court
“court”, in relation to any arbitration proceedings allowed by Article 34 of the Convention, means the arbitrator or arbitration tribunal hearing the arbitration;
Subsections (1), (2) and (3) and Article 35 of the Convention have effect as if references in those provisions to an action included references to an arbitration.
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 opened for signature at Montreal on 28 May 1999, the text of which is set out in the Schedule;
court
Defined · s 2“court”, in relation to any arbitration proceedings allowed by Article 34 of the Convention, means the arbitrator or arbitration tribunal hearing the arbitration;