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MERCHANT SHIPPING ACT 1894 - SECT 448

1875 c.77

448.(1) The master or owner of any vessel, British or foreign, may refuse to
take on board any package or parcel which he suspects to contain any dangerous
goods, and may require it to be opened to ascertain the fact.

(2) When any dangerous goods, or any goods, which, in the judgment of the
master or owner of the vessel, are dangerous goods, have been sent or brought
aboard any vessel, British or foreign, without being marked as aforesaid, or
without such notice having been given as aforesaid, the master or owner of the
vessel may cause those goods to be thrown overboard, together with any package
or receptacle in which they are contained; and neither the master nor the
owner of the vessel shall be subject to any liability, civil or criminal, in
any court for so throwing the goods overboard.

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