Section 172 of the Evidence Act 2011 – What it Says and All You Need to Know.
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Section 172 of the Evidence Act 2011 Provides as Follows:
Every bill of lading in the hands of a consignee or endorsee for valuable consideration, representing goods to have been shipped on board a vessel, is conclusive proof of that shipment as against the master or other person signing the same, notwithstanding that some goods or some part of them may not have been so shipped, unless such holder of the bill of lading 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 some person under whom the holder holds.
Other Relevant Sections:
- Section 172 of the Evidence Act 2011
- Section 173 of the Evidence Act 2011
- Section 174 of the Evidence Act 2011