360
Ordinance not to affect right of stoppage in transitu or claim for freight.
Consignee, etc., to be evidence of shipment as against master.
No. 15 of 1886.
BILLS OF LADING.
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.
Bill of lading
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.
No. 16 of 1886, repealed by No. 19 of 1911 as amended by No. 61 of 1911.
[Originally No. 5 of 1887.
No. 19 of 1917. Law Rev. Ord., 1924.]
*
Short title.
*
Interpretation.
44 & 45 Vict. c. 60, s. 1.
-1887.
i
No. 1 of 1887.
An Ordinance to amend the law respecting defamatory words and libel.
[22nd February, 1887.]
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Defamation and Libel Ordinance, 1887.
2. In this Ordinance,
(a) "Information" includes indictment.
* As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1923.
360
Ordinance
not to affect
right of stoppage in transitu
Or can for
freight.
consignee, etc., to be evidence of shipment as against master.
No. 15 of 1886.
BILLS OF LADING.
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.
Bill of lading
4. Every bill of lading in the hands of a consignee or in hands of 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 mis- 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.
No. 16 of 1886, repealed by No.. 19 of 1911 as
amended by No. 61 of 1911.
[Originally No. 5 of 1887.
No. 19 of 1917. Law Rev.
Ord.,
1924.]
*
Short title.
*
Interpreta- tion'.
44 & 45 Vict. c. 60, s. 1.
-1887.
i
No. 1 of 1887.
An Ordinance to amend the law respecting defamatory
words and libel.
[22nd February, 1887.] 1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Defamation and Libel Ordinance, 1887.
2. In this Ordinance,
(a) "Information" includes indictment.
* As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1923.
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