s 39 Liability as to passengers’ luggage
39.—(1) The railway administration shall not be responsible for the loss, destruction or deterioration of any article of passengers’ luggage unless it has been delivered into the custody of a railway official and retained in the sole custody of the railway administration. For the purposes of this section luggage placed at the request of a passenger in the compartment in which he intends to travel shall be deemed not to be retained in the sole custody of the railway administration. (2) The responsibility of the railway administration for the loss, destruction or deterioration of any article of passengers’ luggage delivered into the custody of a railway official shall not, whether that article was registered or not, extend to the payment in respect of any one article and its contents of any sum in excess of the limits hereby prescribed —(a) in the case of a passenger duly furnished with a ticket for a carriage of the 1st class — $100; (b) in the case of a passenger duly furnished with a ticket for a carriage of the 2nd class — $50; (c) in the case of a passenger duly furnished with a ticket for a carriage of the 3rd class — $25, unless the value of such article has been declared and a percentage on the amount by which the value of such article exceeds the limits prescribed above has been paid by way of compensation for the increased risk.