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COMMERCIAL LAWS NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS, CORPORATION, INSURANCE, TRANSPORTATION, BANKING

stipulation, condition, reservation, or exemption as to the

responsibility and liability of the carrier or the ship for the

loss or damage to or in connection with the custody and

care and handling of goods prior to the loading on and

subsequent to the discharge from the ship on which the

goods are carried by sea.

SECTION 8. The provisions of this Act shall not affect the

rights and obligations of the carrier under the provisions

of the Shipping Act, 1916, or under the provisions of

Section 4281 to 4292, inclusive, of the Revised Statutes of

the United States, or of any amendments thereto, or

under the provisions of any other enactment for the time

being in force relating to the limitation of the liability of

the owners of seagoing vessels.

TITLE II

SECTION

9.

Nothing

contained in this Act shall be

construed as permitting a common carrier by water to

discriminate

between

competing

shippers

similarly

placed in time and circumstances, either (a) with respect

to their right to demand and receive bills of lading

subject to the provisions of this Act; or (b) when issuing

such bills of lading either in the surrender of any of the

carrier's rights and immunities or in the increase of any of

the carrier's responsibilities and liabilities pursuant to

Section 5, Title I, of this Act; (c) in any other way prohibited

by the Shipping Act, 1916, as amended.

SECTION 10. (Not applicable to the Philippines.)

SECTION 11. When under the custom of any trade the

weight of any bulk cargo inserted in the bill of lading is a

weight ascertained or accepted by a third party other

than the carrier or the shipper and the fact that the

weight as ascertained or accepted is stated in the bill of

lading, then notwithstanding anything in this Act, the bill

of lading shall not be deemed to be prima facie evidence

against the carrier of the receipt of goods of the weight so

inserted in the bills of lading, and the accuracy thereof at

the time of shipment shall not be deemed to have been

guaranteed by the shipper.

SECTION 12. (Not applicable to the Philippines.)

SECTION 13. This Act shall apply to all contracts for

carriage of goods by seas to or from ports of the United

States in foreign trade. As used in this Act the term

"United

States"

includes

its

districts,

territories,

and

possessions:

Provided,

however,

that

the

Philippine

Legislature

may

by

law

exclude

its

application

to

transportation to or from ports of the Philippine Islands.

The term "foreign trade" means the transportation of

goods between the ports of the United States and ports

of foreign countries. Nothing in this Act shall be held to

apply to contracts for carriage of goods by sea between

any port of the United States or its possessions and any

other

port

of

the

United

States

or

its possessions:

Provided, however, that any bill of lading or similar

document of the title which is evidence of a contract for

the

carriage

of

goods

by

sea

between such ports,

containing an express statement that it shall be subject

to the provisions of this Act; shall be subjected hereto as

fully as if subject hereto by the express provisions of this

Act: Provided, further, that every bill of lading or similar

document of title which is evidence of a contract for the

carriage of goods by sea from ports of the United States

in foreign trade, shall contain a statement that it shall

have effect subject to the provisions of this Act.

SECTION 14. Upon the certification of the Secretary of

Commerce that the foreign commerce of the United

States in its competition with that of foreign nations is

prejudiced by the provisions, or any of them, of the Title I

of this Act, or by the laws of any foreign country or

countries relating to the carriage of goods by sea, the

President of the United States may, from time to time by

proclamation, suspend any or all provisions of Title I of

this Act for such periods of time or indefinitely as may be

designated in the proclamation. The President may at any

time rescind such suspension of Title I hereof, and any

provisions thereof which may have been suspended shall

thereby

be

reinstated and again apply to contracts

thereafter

made

for

carriage

of

goods by sea. Any

proclamation of suspension or rescission of any such

suspension shall take effect on the date named therein,

which date shall be not less than ten days from the issue

of the proclamation.

Any contract for the carriage of goods by sea, subject to

the provisions of this Act, effective during any period

when Title I hereof, or any part thereof, is suspended, shall

be subject to all provisions of law now or hereafter

applicable to that part of Title I which may have thus

been suspended.

SECTION 15. This Act shall take effect ninety days after the

date of its approval; but nothing in this Act shall apply

during a period not to exceed one year following its

approval to any contract for the carriage of goods by sea,

made before the date on which this Act is approved nor

to any bill of lading or similar document of title issued,

whether

before

or

after

such

date

of

approval

in

pursuance of any such contract as aforesaid.

SECTION 16. This Act may be cited as the "Carriage of

Goods by Sea Act."

Approved: April 16, 1936

(Carriage of Goods by Sea Act , Commonwealth Act No.

65, [October 22, 1936])

RA No 4136 | Land Transportation and

Traffic Code

June 20, 1964

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 4136

AN ACT TO COMPILE THE LAWS RELATIVE TO LAND

TRANSPORTATION AND TRAFFIC RULES, TO CREATE A

LAND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION AND FOR

OTHER PURPOSES

CHAPTER I Preliminary Provisions Article

ARTICLE I Title and Scope of Act

SECTION 1. Title of Act . — This Act shall be known as the

"Land Transportation and Traffic Code."

SECTION 2. Scope of Act . — The provisions of this Act shall

control,

as

far

as

they

apply,

the

registration

and

operation of motor vehicles and the licensing of owners,

dealers, conductors, drivers, and similar matters.

ARTICLE II Definitions

SECTION 3. Words and Phrases Defined . — As used in

this Act:

(a)" Motor Vehicle " shall mean any vehicle propelled by

any power other than muscular power using the public

highways,

but

excepting

road

rollers,

trolley

cars,

street-sweepers,

sprinklers,

lawn

mowers,

bulldozers,

graders, fork-lifts, amphibian trucks, and cranes if not

used on public highways, vehicles which run only on rails

or tracks, and tractors, trailers and traction engines of all

kinds used exclusively for agricultural purposes.

Trailers having any number of wheels, when propelled or

intended to be propelled by attachment to a motor

vehicle, shall be classified as separate motor vehicle with

no power rating.

(b)" Passenger automobiles " shall mean all pneumatic-tire

vehicles of types similar to those usually known under the

following terms: touring car, command car, speedster,

sports car, roadster, jeep, cycle car (except motor wheel

and

similar

small

outfits

which

are

classified

with

motorcycles),

coupe, landaulet, closed car, limousine,

cabriolet, and sedan.

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