law: Carriers Act, 1865
  9.
  
  Plaintiffs, in suits for loss, damage, or non-delivery, not required to prove
  
  negligence or criminal act.-
  In
  
  any suit brought against a common carrier for the loss, damage or non-delivery
  
  of goods entrusted to him for carriage, it shall not be necessary for the
  
  plaintiff to prove that such loss, damage or non-delivery was owing to the
  
  negligence or criminal act of the carrier, his servants or agents.
  { Ins by Act 10 of 1899, s.2.The original section 10 had been  rep.by Act 9 of 1890.} [10.Notice of loss
  
  or injury to be given within six months. - No suit shall be instituted
  
  against a common carrier for the loss of, or injury to, goods entrusted to him
  
  for carriage, unless notice in writing of the loss or injury has been given to
  
  him before the institution of the suit and within six months of the time when
  
  the loss or injury first came to the knowledge of the plaintiff.]
  { Ins.by Act 13 of 1921, s.3} 11.State Government to add to
  
  the Schedule.- The State Government may, by notification in the Official
  
  Gazette, add to the list of articles contained in the Schedule to this Act, and
  
  the Schedule shall, on the issue of any such notification, be deemed to have
  
  been amended accordingly.]