BILLS OF LADING ORDINANCE, 1886

BILLS OF LADING ORDINANCE, 1886

No. 15 of 1886.
An Ordinance relating to bills of lading.
[14th December, 1886.]

1. This Ordinalice may be cited as the Bills of Lading
Ordinance, 1886.

2. 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

As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1923.
and vested in him all rights of suit, and be subject to the same
liabilities, in respect of suh goods as if the contract contained
in the bill of lading had been made with himself.

8. Nothing in this Ordinande 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.

4. 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 shipmeilt as a against the master 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 ladin 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 gigning may exonerate himself in respect of such mis-
representation 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.
[Originally No. 29 of 1886. Law Rev. Ord., 1924.] 18 & 19 Vict.c. 111. Short title. Rights under bill of lading to vest in consignee or indorsee. Ordinance not to affect right of stoppage in transitu or claims for freight. Bill of lading in hands of consignee, etc., to be evidence of shipment as against master.

[Originally No. 29 of 1886. Law Rev. Ord., 1924.] 18 & 19 Vict.c. 111. Short title. Rights under bill of lading to vest in consignee or indorsee. Ordinance not to affect right of stoppage in transitu or claims for freight. Bill of lading in hands of consignee, etc., to be evidence of shipment as against master.

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