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MERCHANT SHIPPING ACT 1894 - SECT 446



446.(1) A person shall not send or attempt to send by any vessel, British or
foreign, and a person not being the master or owner of the vessel shall not
carry or attempt to carry in any such vessel, any dangerous goods, without
distinctly marking their nature on the outside of the package containing the
same, and giving written notice of the nature of those goods and of the name
and address of the sender or carrier thereof to the master or owner of the
vessel at or before the time of sending the same to be shipped or taking the
same on board the vessel.

(2) If any person fails without reasonable cause to comply with this section,
he shall for each offence be [liable on conviction on indictment to a fine or
on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding one thousand pounds; but it
shall be a defence to show that the accused] was merely an agent in the
shipment of any such goods as aforesaid, and was not aware and did not suspect
and had no reason to suspect that the goods shipped by him were of a dangerous
nature, ....

(3) For the purpose of this Part of this Act the expression "dangerous goods"
means aquafortis, vitriol, naphtha, benzine, gunpowder, lucifer matches,
nitro-glycerine, petroleum, any explosives within the meaning of the
Explosives Act, 1875, and any other goods which are of a dangerous nature.


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