Indian Bills of Lading Act,1856
Act No : 9
Section : Not to affect right of stoppage in transitu of claims for freight
2. Not to affect right of stoppage in transitu of claims for freight.--Nothing herein contained shall prejudice or affect any right of stoppage in transitu,2* or any right to claim freight against the original shipper or owner, or any liability of the consignee or endorsee by reason or in consequence of his being such consignee or endorsee, or of his receipt of the goods by reason or in consequence of such consignment or endorsement. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Short title given by the Indian Short Titles Act, 1897 (14 of 1897), s. 2 and Sch. This Act is based on the Bills of Landing Act, 1855 (18 and 19 Vict., c. 111). It has been declared to be in force in the whole of India except Part B States and the Scheduled Districts, by the Laws Local Extent Act, 1874 (15 of 1874), s. 3 Extended to former Part B States by Act 18 of 1949, s. 4. Extended to Union territory of Pondicherry be Act 26 of 1968, s. 3 and Sch. It has been declared, by notification under s. 3(a) of the Scheduled Districts Act, 1874 (14 of 1874), to be in force in the following Scheduled Districts, namely:- West Jalpaiguri, see Gazette of India, 1881, Pt. I p. 74. The Districts of Hazaribagh, Lohardaga (now the Ranchi district, see Calcutta Gazette, 1899, Pt. I, p. 44), and Manbhum, and Pargana Dalbhum and the Kolhan in the District of Singhbhum, See Gazette of India, 1881, Pt. I, p. 504. Assam (except the North Lushai Hills), see Gazette of India, 1897, Pt. I, p. 299. 2. As to stoppage in transit, see the Indian Contract Act, 1872 (9 of 1872), ss. 99-106. 47
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