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Ch. 31. No. 7.| Carriage of Goods bv Sea.

before the Ist of January, 1927, nor to any bill of lading
or similar document of title issued, whether before or after
such day as aforesaid, in pursuance of any such contract
as aforesaid.

SCHEDULE.

Rules relating, to Bills of Lading.
AK 1.

Definitions.
In these rule. the following expressions have the ‘anings hereby
assigned to them respectively, that is to say--

(a) carrier includes the owner or the charterer who enters into
acontract of carriage with a shipper;

(6) contract of carriage " apphes only to contracts of carriage
covered by a bill of lading or any similar document of title, in so far
as such document relates to the carriage of goods by sea, including
any bill of lading or any similar document as aforesaid issued under
or pursuant to a charterparty from the moment at which such bill
of lading or similar document of title regulates the relations between
acarrier and a holder of the came;

(c) goods ”’ includes goods, wares, merchandises, and articles of
every kind whatsoever, except live animals and cargo which by the
contract of carriage is stated as being carried on deck and is so carried ;

(7) ship’? vans any vessel used for the carriage of goods by sea;

(ec) carriage of goods — covers the period from the time when the
goods i loaded on to the time when they are discharged from the
ship.

ARTICLE I,

Risks,

Subject to the provisions of Article V1., under every contract of carriage
of goods by sea the carrier, in relation to the loading, handling, stowage,
carriage, custody, care, and discharge of such goods, shall be subject to
the responsibilities and liabilities, and entitled to the rights and immunities
hereinafter set forth.

ARTICLE IIT.

Responstbilittes and Uabilitie..
1. The carrier shall be bound, before and at the beginning of the voyage,
to exercise due diligence to—

(a) make the ship seaworthy;

(») properly man, equip, and supply the ship;

(c) make the holds, refrigerating and cool chambers, and all other
parts of the ship in which goods are carried, fit and safe for their
reception, carriage and preservation.