Voyage Charters
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Chapter 53
Clause Paramount and Cargo Claims
| [Clause 20(b) continued] |
| (i) CLAUSE PARAMOUNT. This Bill of Lading shall have effect subject to the provisions of the Carriage of Goods by Sea Acts of the United States, approved April 16, 1936, except that if this Bill of Lading is issued at a place where any other Act, ordinance or legislation gives statutory effect to the International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules relating to Bills of Lading at Brussels, August 1924, then this Bill of Lading shall have effect, subject to the provisions of such Act, ordinance or legislation. The applicable Act, ordinance or legislation (hereinafter called the “Act”) shall be deemed to be incorporated herein and nothing herein contained shall be deemed a surrender by the Owner of any of its rights or immunities or an increase of any of its responsibilities or liabilities under the Act. If any term of this Bill of Lading be repugnant to the Act to any extent, such term shall be void to the extent but no further. |
| [Clause 20(b) is continued in next chapter] |
Clause Paramount and the Hague Rules
53.1 For a commentary on the Rules see Chapter 66. Despite the reference to “this Bill of Lading” the Clause Paramount is incorporated into the charter itself as well.1