Section 76: Notification of claims

(1) A person shall not be entitled to a refund of an overcharge in respect of goods accepted by the Corporation for carriage or custody, unless a notice in writing clearly and explicitly specifying particulars of the overcharge and acceptance has been given by him or on his behalf, to the Corporation within four months from the date of such acceptance.
(2) A person shall not be entitled to compensation for the loss, damage, deviation, misdelivery, delay or detention of or to goods accepted by the Corporation for carriage or custody, unless a notice in writing clearly and explicitly specifying such loss, damage, deviation, misdelivery, delay or detention and particulars of the acceptance has been given by him or on his behalf, to the Corporation-
(a) within a period of one month, from the date of such acceptance; or
(b)
if he can prove that it was not reasonably possible for such notice to be given within that period, then, unless the Corporation proves that it has been prejudiced thereby, within a reasonable period, not exceeding two months, thereafter, and in either case, if such notice did not specify the amount of the compensation claimed, a claim in writing for such compensation has been given to the Corporation within a period of three months from the date on which such notice was given, or of five months, from the date of the said acceptance, whichever period shall last expire.