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 Ordinance may be cited as the Bills of Lading Ordin-
ance, 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 goeds 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.

3. 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 con-
signee 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 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.
[Originally No. 29 of 1886.] Short title. Rights under bill of lading to vest in consignee or indorsee. 18 & 19 Vict. C. 111, s. 1. Ordinance not to affect right of stoppage m transitu or claims for freight. 18 & 19 Vict. C. 111, s. 2. Bill of lading in hands of consignee, etc., to be evidence of shipment as against master. 18 & 19 Vict. C. 111, s. 3.

[Originally No. 29 of 1886.] Short title. Rights under bill of lading to vest in consignee or indorsee. 18 & 19 Vict. C. 111, s. 1. Ordinance not to affect right of stoppage m transitu or claims for freight. 18 & 19 Vict. C. 111, s. 2. Bill of lading in hands of consignee, etc., to be evidence of shipment as against master. 18 & 19 Vict. C. 111, s. 3.

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