BILLS OF LADING ORDINANCE

BILLS OF LADING ORDINANCE

CHAPTER 45.

BILLS OF LADING.

Relating to bills of lading.

[14th December, 1886.]

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

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 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 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 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 in is 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 29 of 1886. Fraser 15 of 1886. Short title. Rights under bill of lading to vest in consignee or indorsee. 18 & 19 Vict. C. 111, s. 1. Saving as to stoppage in transits or claims for freight. 18 & 19 Vict. C. 111, s. 2. Bill of lading in hands of consignee, etc., evidence of shipment as against master. 18 & 19 Vict. c. 111, s. 3.

Originally 29 of 1886. Fraser 15 of 1886. Short title. Rights under bill of lading to vest in consignee or indorsee. 18 & 19 Vict. C. 111, s. 1. Saving as to stoppage in transits or claims for freight. 18 & 19 Vict. C. 111, s. 2. Bill of lading in hands of consignee, etc., evidence of shipment as against master. 18 & 19 Vict. c. 111, s. 3.

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