BILLS OF LADING ORDINANCE, 1886
Title
BILLS OF LADING ORDINANCE, 1886
Description
ORDINANCE NO. 15 OF 1886.
Bills of Lading
AN ORDINANCE relating to bills of lading. [14th december, 1886]
BE it enacted by the governor of hongkong, with the advice of the
legislative council thereof, as follows:-
1. This ordinance 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 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 liablility 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 good
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 master or other person so signing may exonerate himself in
respect of such misrepresentation by showing that it was caused without
any default on this part, and wholly by the fraud of the shipper, or
of the holder, or of some person under whom the holder claims.
A.D. 1886. Ordinance No. 29 of 1886. 18 & 19 Vict.c. 111.
Short title.
Rights under bill of lading to vest in consignee or indorsee.
The Ordinance not to affect right of stoppage in transitu or claims for freight.
Effect of bill of lading in hands of consignee, etc., as evidence of shipment as against master.
Bills of Lading
AN ORDINANCE relating to bills of lading. [14th december, 1886]
BE it enacted by the governor of hongkong, with the advice of the
legislative council thereof, as follows:-
1. This ordinance 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 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 liablility 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 good
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 master or other person so signing may exonerate himself in
respect of such misrepresentation by showing that it was caused without
any default on this part, and wholly by the fraud of the shipper, or
of the holder, or of some person under whom the holder claims.
A.D. 1886. Ordinance No. 29 of 1886. 18 & 19 Vict.c. 111.
Short title.
Rights under bill of lading to vest in consignee or indorsee.
The Ordinance not to affect right of stoppage in transitu or claims for freight.
Effect of bill of lading in hands of consignee, etc., as evidence of shipment as against master.
Abstract
A.D. 1886. Ordinance No. 29 of 1886. 18 & 19 Vict.c. 111.
Short title.
Rights under bill of lading to vest in consignee or indorsee.
The Ordinance not to affect right of stoppage in transitu or claims for freight.
Effect of bill of lading in hands of consignee, etc., as evidence of shipment as against master.
Short title.
Rights under bill of lading to vest in consignee or indorsee.
The Ordinance not to affect right of stoppage in transitu or claims for freight.
Effect of bill of lading in hands of consignee, etc., as evidence of shipment as against master.
Identifier
https://oelawhk.lib.hku.hk/items/show/628
Edition
1901
Volume
v1
Subsequent Cap No.
440
Cap / Ordinance No.
No. 15 of 1886
Number of Pages
2
Files
Collection
Historical Laws of Hong Kong Online
Citation
“BILLS OF LADING ORDINANCE, 1886,” Historical Laws of Hong Kong Online, accessed May 16, 2025, https://oelawhk.lib.hku.hk/items/show/628.
