BILLS OF LADING ORDINANCE

BILLS OF LADING ORDINANCE

LAWS OF HONG KONG

BILLS OF LADING ORDINANCE

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CHAPTER 45.

BILLS OF LADING.

Relating to bills of lading.

[14th December, 1886.1

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Bills of Lading
Ordinance.
(Amended, 5 of 1924, s. 6)

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 consign-
ment 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 con-
sequence 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 29 of 1886. (Cap. 45, 1950.) 5 of 1924. 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 transitu 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. (Cap. 45, 1950.) 5 of 1924. 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 transitu 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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