Bills of Lading.
CHAPTER 45.
BILLS OF LADING.
Relating to bills of lading.
[14th December, 1886.]
[CAP. 45
Originally 29 of 1886. Fraser
15 of 1886.
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Bills of Lading Ordinance.
Short title.
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.
Rights under to vest in indorsee.
c. 111, s. 1.
bill of lading consignee or
18 & 19 Vict.
as to stoppage in transitu or claims for freight.
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.
Saving
18 & 19 Vict.
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.
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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