Section 48, The Road Transport Corporation Act, 1964

(1) The liability of the Corporation in respect of any Limitation oranimal shall not in any case exceed (b) in the case of any cattle £5; (c) in the case of any other animal £1, unless at the time of acceptance of such animal by thetion for carriage the consignor or his agent declares that thevalue of the animal exceeds the appropriate amount and pays,or agrees to pay, such additional charge as may be prescribedin respect of such excess value, and the liability of the CorporaLion shall not in any case exceed the declared value. Corpora (2) ln any proceedings against the Corporation for therecovery of the sum in respect of any animal, the burden of proying the value of the animal, and where the animal has beeninjured, the extent of the injury, shall be upon the claimant. (c) As a Warehouseman (3) The Corporation may by order vary the provisionsof paragraphs (a) (b) and (c) of subsection (1). (a) delivered to, or in custody of, the Corporation otherwise than for the purpose of carriage: A 139 liability for loss of or injury to animals.