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HARBOURS, DOCKS, AND PIERS CLAUSES ACT 1847 - SECT 74

Owner and master of vessel answerable for damage to works.

74. The owner of every vessel or float of timber shall be answerable to
the undertakers for any damage done by such vessel or float of timber, or by
any person employed about the same, to the harbour, dock, or pier, or the
quays or works connected therewith, and the master or person having the charge
of such vessel or float of timber through whose wilful act or negligence any
such damage is done shall also be liable to make good the same; and the
undertaker may detain any such vessel or float of timber until sufficient
security has been given for the amount of damage done by the same: Provided
always, that nothing herein contained shall extend to impose any liability for
any such damage upon the owner of any vessel, where such vessel shall at the
time when such damage is caused be in charge of a duly licensed pilot whom
such owner or master is bound by law to employ and put his vessel in charge
of.

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