In the event of the death of a passenger in international carriage to which the Warsaw Convention applies, for which a carrier is liable under Article 17 of the Convention for damages sustained in such death, if the accident which caused the damage took place on board the aircraft or in the course of any of the operations of embarking or disembarking-

(a) the provisions of section 16 of this Act shall apply to an action brought in Ghana to enforce the liability;

(b) the liability shall be in substitution for any other liability imposed by law.