BILLS OF LADING
BILLS OF LADING
(CHAPTER 45)
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Relating to bills of lading.
[14 December 1886]
1. Short title
This Ordinance may be cited as the Bills of Lading Ordinance.
[Amended 5 of 1924 s. 6]
2. Rights under bill of lading to vest in consignee or indorsee
Every consignee of goods named in a bill of lading, and every indorsee of
a bill of lading, to whom the property in the goods therein mentioned
passes upon or by reason of such consignment or indorsement, shall have
transferred to and vested in him all rights of suit, and be subject to the
same liabilities, in respect of such goods as if the contract contained in
the bill of lading had been made with himself. [cf. 1855 c. 111 s. 1 U.
K.]
3. Saving as to stoppage in transitu or claims for freight
Nothing in this Ordinance shall prejudice or affect any right of stoppage
in transitu, or any right to claim freight against the original shipper or
owner, or any liability of the consignee or indorsee by reason or in
consequence of his being such consignee or indorsee, or of his receipt of
the goods by reason or in consequence of such consignment or indorsement.
[cf. 1855 c. 111 s. 2 U. K.]
4. Bill of lading in hands of consignee, etc., evidence of ship- ment as against master
Every bill of lading in the hands of a consignee or indorsee for valuable
consideration representing goods to have been shipped on board a vessel
shall be conclusive evidence of such shipment as against the master or
other person signing the same, notwithstanding that such goods or some
part thereof may not have been so shipped, unless such holder of the bill
of lading has had actual notice at the time of receiving the same that the
goods had not been in fact laden on board: Provided that the master or
other person so signing may exonerate himself in respect of such
misrepresentation by showing that it was caused without any default on his
part, and wholly by the fraud of the shipper, or of the holder, or of some
person under whom the holder claims.
[cf. 1855 c. 111 s. 3 U. K.]
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