BILLS OF LANDING ORDINANCE

BILLS OF LANDING ORDINANCE

ORDINANCE No. 2 of 1856.

Bills of Lading.

No. 2 of 1856.

An Ordinance to amend the Law relating to Bills of Lading.

12th January, 1556.]

Preamble. 'j`~'7'$EREAS it is expedient that the provisions of an Act of
the Imperial Farlia=:

tnent of the eighteenth and nineteenth years of Her present Majesty,
intituled

T.nactments of 'An Act to amend the Law relating to Bills of Lading,'
should. be adopted is this: -
Act of Parlia-
ment, 18 and ID Colony: Be it therefore enacted and ordained by His
Excellency the Governor ,,,of:
Victoria, Cap.
iai, to be in force Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council
thereof, that the enactments of.

In tile Colony, the said Act of Parliament, an abstract of which is
hereunto annexed, shall, from and,
after the passing of this Ordinance, be of force in the Colony of
Hongkong.

Abstract of Enactments of Act of Parliament, 18 and 19 Victoria, 0ap.
91,--' to
amend the Law relating to Bills of Lading.'
1. Every consignee of goods named in a bill of lading, and every iudorsee
of a. .

bill of lading to whom the property in the goods therein mentioned shall
pass, upoii-
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.

Rights under
bills of lading to
vast in coneiqnce
or V11'tal'aaf.

Not to affect
right of stoppage
i1x transtCr<, or
claims for
trvgnc.

2. Nothing herein contained shall prejudice or affect any right of
stoppage in
traneifiu, 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.

>31u otlaainq in 3, Every bill of lading in the hands of a consignee or
indorsee for valuable con--
hands of consig-
nee, &c., concln- sideration representing goods to have been shipped on
board a vessel, shall be con-
eive evidence of
the shipment
na against mss- elusive evidence of such shipment as against the master or
other person signing the'
ter, &°' same, notwithstanding that such goods or some part thereof may not
have, been so
shipped, unless such holder of the bill of lading shall have had actual
notice at the-
~,,.. time of receiving the same that the goods had not been in fact
laden on board: Pro'---
vided, that the master or other person so signing may exonerate himself in
respect of-'
such misrepresentation, by chewing that it was caused without any default
on his part
and wholly by the fraud of the shipper, or of the holder, or some person
under whom.
the holder claims.

[Repealed by Ordinance Yo. 29 of 1886.
Title.
Preamble.
Enactments of Act of Parliament, 18 and 19 Victoria, Cap. 91, to be in force in the Colony.
Rights under bills of lading to vest in consignee or indorsee.
Not ot affect right fo stoppage in transitu, or claims for freight.
Bill of landing in hands of consignee, &c., conclusive evidence of the shipmment as against master, &c.
Proviso.

Title.
Preamble.
Enactments of Act of Parliament, 18 and 19 Victoria, Cap. 91, to be in force in the Colony.
Rights under bills of lading to vest in consignee or indorsee.
Not ot affect right fo stoppage in transitu, or claims for freight.
Bill of landing in hands of consignee, &c., conclusive evidence of the shipmment as against master, &c.
Proviso.

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