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The Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules

relating to International Carriage by Air

Warsaw 1929 (The Warsaw Convention)

The Protocol to Amend the 1929 Convention for the

Unification of Certain Rules relating to

International Carriage by Air, The Hague 1955

(The Bague Protocol)

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The Warsaw Convention (text at Annex A) was signed

on 12 October 1929 and entered into force on 13 February

1933. The United Kingdom ratified the Convention on 14

February 1933 and extended it to Hong Kong on 3 December

1934 (reference at Annex B).

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The Warsaw Convention governs the liability of air

carriers for injury or death of their passengers, for

damage to Or loss of baggage and cargo, and any losses caused by delays in international carriage of passengers,

baggage and cargo. The main provisions of the Convention

are as follows:

(a) definition of "international carriage" which determines the scope of applicability of the Convention (Article 1);

(b)

unification of the rules concerning the

documents of carriage (i.e. passenger ticket,

luggage ticket and air consignment note) and

the particulars to be embodied in each of

these documents (Articles 3-8);

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