CARRIAGE OF GOODS BY SEA ACT AS AMENDED

Commonwealth Acts

Commonwealth Act No. 65

COMMONWEALTH ACT No. 65

IN ACT TO DECLARE THAT PUBLIC ACT NUMBERED FIVE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-ONE, KNOWN AS "CARRIAGE OF GOODS BY SEA ACT," ENACTED BY THE SEVENTY-FOURTH CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES, BE ACCEPTED, AS IT IS HEREBY ACCEPTED BY THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY

WHEREAS, the Seventy-fourth Congress of the United States enacted Public Act Numbered Five hundred and twenty-one, entitled:

"Carriage of Goods by Sea Act";

WHEREAS, the primordial purpose of the said Acts is to bring about uniformity in ocean bills of lading and to give effect to the Brussels Treaty, signed by the United States with other powers;

WHEREAS, the Government of the United States has left it to the Philippine Government to decide whether or not the said Act shall apply to carriage of goods by sea in foreign trade to and from Philippine ports;

WHEREAS, the said Act of Congress contains advanced legislation, which is in consonance with modern maritime rules and the practices of the great shipping countries of the world;

WHEREAS, shipping companies, shippers, and marine...