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Conditions of Carriage

5. ACCEPTABILITY OF CARGO FOR CARRIAGE

NCA undertakes to transport, subject to the availability of suitable equipments of the kind and type capable of handling the shipment and space after the accommodation of airmail, general merchandise, goods, wares and products of all kinds, unless otherwise excluded by NCA's Regulations, and provided that:

(1)	the transportation, or the exportation or importation thereof is not prohibited by the laws or regulations of any country to be flown from, to, through or over;
(2)	they are packed in a manner suitable for carriage by aircraft;
(3)	they are accompanied by the requisite shipping documents;
(4)	they are not likely to endanger aircraft, persons or property, or cause annoyance to passengers.

(D) Cargo Acceptable only under Prescribed Conditions

(1)	The following goods as defined by NCA will only be accepted for carriage subject to the conditions provided in NCA's Regulations a) Firearms; b) Human remains; c) Live animals, including, but not limited to, livestock, birds, reptiles, fish, shellfish, insects and pets; d) Perishables; or e) Dangerous goods including explosives, compressed gases, flammable liquids, flammable solids, oxidizing substances, poisonous substances, radioactive materials, corrosives and other articles or substances which are capable of posing a significant risk to health, safety or property.
(2)	Shipments will be accepted for carriage by NCA either on a charges prepaid shipment basis or charges collect shipment basis, except that NCA will decline to transport the following on a charges collect shipment basis unless advance arrangement therefore has been made: a) Shipments to persons restrained of their liberty; b) Shipments addressed to government agencies, except when shipped by government agents presenting proper credentials; c) Shipments not equal in resale value to transportation charges thereon; d) Shipments of perishable commodities; e) Shipments to countries where currency regulations or NCA's regulations do not permit shipments to be delivered upon a charges collect shipment basis; f) Live animals, including, but not limited to, livestock, birds, reptiles, fish, shellfish, insect, and pets; g) Shipments of human remains; or (h) Unaccompanied baggage.
(3)	Packages or pieces of unusual weight, shape or size will not be accepted for carriage unless advance arrangements have been made. Shipments requiring special devices for safe handling will be accepted for carriage only when such special devices are provided and operated by and at the expense of the shipper or consignee.
(4)	Shipments with a floor-bearing weight per unit square in excess of the floor load limitation specified in NCA's Regulations must be furnished with a suitable skid or base, for use in available aircraft, which will reduce the floor-bearing weight to such floor load limitation or less. The weight of such skid or base will be included in the weight of the shipment.

(E) Responsibility for Non-Observance of Conditions related to Special Cargo

Responsibility for non-observance of the conditions relating to cargo which is not acceptable for carriage or is acceptable for carriage or is acceptable only under certain conditions, rests upon the shipper and the owner of the cargo, who jointly and severally shall indemnify NCA for any loss, damage, delay, liability or penalties because of carriage of any such cargo.

(F) Inspection of Shipment

NCA reserves the right to examine the packaging and contents of all shipments and to enquire into the correctness or sufficiency of information or documents tendered in respect of any shipment but NCA shall be under no obligation to do so.

(G) Unit Load Devices

When shipper undertakes to load a Unit Load Devices (ULD) he must comply with NCA's loading instructions and shall be liable for and indemnify NCA against all consequences of any non-compliance with such instructions.