Indian Fatal Accidents Act, 1855

[INDIAN FATAL ACCIDENTS ACT, 1855]

[13 OF 1855]

An Act to provide compensation to families for loss occasioned by the death of a person caused by actionable wrong

Preamble

Whereas no action or suit is now maintainable in any court against a person who, by his wrongful act, neglect or default, may have caused the death of another person, and it is often times right and expedient that the wrongdoer in such case should be answerable in damages for the injury so caused by him; It is enacted as follows:-

[Short title and extent

1. (1) This Act may be called the Fatal Accidents Act, 1855.

(2) It extends to the whole of India [***].