The Public General Statutes: With a List of the Local and Private Acts Passed in the ... Years of the Reign of ... : Being the ... Session of the ... Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 62

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G.E. Eyre and W. Spottiswoode, printers to the Queen's most excellent majesty., 1924 - Session laws

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Page 77 - Act of public enemies. g. Arrest or restraint of princes, rulers or people, or seizure under legal process. h. Quarantine restrictions. i. Act or omission of the shipper or owner of the goods, his agent or representative.
Page 78 - Any other cause arising without the actual fault or privity of the carrier or without the fault or neglect of the agents or servants of the carrier, but the burden of proof shall be on the person claiming the benefit of this exception to show that neither the actual fault or privity of the carrier nor the fault or neglect of the agents or servants of the carrier contributed to the loss or damage.
Page 78 - ... unless the nature and value of such goods have been declared by the shipper before shipment and inserted in the bill of lading.
Page 79 - Goods of an inflammable, explosive or dangerous nature to the shipment whereof the carrier, master or agent of the carrier has not consented with knowledge of their nature and character, may at any time before discharge be landed at any place, or destroyed or rendered innocuous 'by the carrier without compensation " and the shipper of such goods shall be liable for all damages and expenses directly or indirectly arising out of or resulting from such shipment.
Page 76 - The shipper shall be deemed to have guaranteed to the carrier the accuracy at the time of shipment of the marks, number, quantity, and weight, as furnished by him, and the shipper shall indemnify the carrier against all loss, damages, and expenses arising or resulting from inaccuracies in such particulars.
Page 415 - Act, the enactments mentioned in the Second Schedule to this Act are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the third column of that schedule...
Page 74 - Act shall apply during a period not to exceed one year following its approval to any contract for the carriage of goods by sea, made before the date on which this Act is approved, nor to any bill of lading or similar document of title issued, whether before or after such date of approval in pursuance of any such contract as aforesaid. SEC. 16. This Act may be cited as the "Carriage of Goods by Sea Act.
Page 77 - Any clause, covenant or agreement in a contract of carriage relieving the carrier or the ship from liability for loss or damage to or in connection with goods arising from negligence, fault or failure in the duties and obligations provided in this Article or lessening such liability otherwise than as provided in these Rules, shall be null and void and of no effect. A benefit of insurance or similar clause shall be deemed to be a clause relieving the carrier from liability.
Page 74 - Contract of carriage" applies only to contracts of carriage covered by a bill of lading or any similar document of title...
Page 78 - Any deviation in saving or attempting to save life or property at sea or any reasonable deviation shall not be deemed to be an infringement or breach of these Rules or of the contract of carriage, and the carrier shall not be liable for any loss or damage resulting therefrom.

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