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船荷証券ハ其記名式ナルトキト雖モ裏書ニ依リテ之ヲ譲渡スコトヲ得但裏書ヲ禁スル旨ヲ記載シタルトキハ此限ニ在ラス
第三百六十九条 条文沿革
船荷証書、倉荷証書其他裏書ヲ以テ所載商品ノ処分権ヲ移転スルコトヲ得ル証券ノ裏書譲渡ハ物ノ占有ノ移転ト同一ナリトス
第三百九十四条 条文沿革
或ル金額又ハ商品ノ引渡ニ係ル書面契約ヨリ生スル債権ハ契約書カ其明文又ハ商慣習ニ従ヒテ指図式ナルトキハ裏書ヲ以テ之ヲ第三者ニ譲渡スコトヲ得
第八百九十九条 条文沿革
船荷証書ハ船長カ運送ノ為メニ受取リタル運送品ニ対シテ発ス可キ受取証券ニシテ左ノ諸件ヲ包含ス
船名及ヒ国籍
船長ノ氏名
船舶賃借人ノ氏名及ヒ積荷受取人ノ指示
荷積港及ヒ到達港
貨物ノ種類、数量及ヒ各箇運送品ノ員数、記号、番号、外包ノ方法
運送賃ニ付テノ約定
年月日
交付シタル船荷証書ノ数
船荷証書ハ求ニ応シ幾通ニテモ之ヲ交付ス可シ其中ノ一通ニハ船長ノ手許ニ備置ク為メ賃借人署名、捺印シ他ノ各通ニハ船長署名、捺印スルコトヲ要ス
船荷証書ハ或人ニ宛テ又ハ指図式若クハ無記名式ニテ之ヲ発スルコトヲ得
369.
The indorsement and delivery of bills of lading, warehouse certificates and other documents, the indorsement of which transfers to the indorsee the right of disposal over the goods to which they refer, is equivalent to the transfer of the possession of the thing itself.
394.
The right under a contract in writing to claim delivery of a fixed sum of money or of specified goods, where the contract either expressly or according to the usages of trade runs to order, is transferable by indorsement to a third person.
899.
A bill of lading is a receipt of the master for the goods delivered to him for conveyance. It contains:—
i. The name and nationality of the ship ;
ii. The names of the master ;
iii. The names of the shipper and indication of the consignee ;
iv. The port of loading and the port of destination ;
v. The nature, the quantity, or weight of the goods, the number, marking, and numbering of the packages, and the method of packing ;
vi. The provisions as to freight ;
vii. The date ;
viii. The number of parts issued.
As many parts of the bill of lading are to be issued as may be required ; of such parts one, which the master is to retain, must be signed and sealed by the shipper and the others by the master.
The bill may be made out to a specified person, to order, or to bearer.