2013 US Code
Title 46 - Shipping
Subtitle III - Maritime Liability (§§ 30101 - 31343)
Chapter 307 - LIABILITY OF WATER CARRIERS (§§ 30701 - 30707)
Section 30706 - Defenses
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 46 - SHIPPING |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 46 - SHIPPING Subtitle III - Maritime Liability CHAPTER 307 - LIABILITY OF WATER CARRIERS Sec. 30706 - Defenses |
Contains | section 30706 |
Date | 2013 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 16, 2014 |
Positive Law | Yes |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Pub. L. 109-304, §6(c), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1517. |
Statutes at Large References | 27 Stat. 445 120 Stat. 1517 |
Public Law Reference | Public Law 109-304 |
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(a)
(b)
(1) dangers of the sea or other navigable waters;
(2) acts of God;
(3) public enemies;
(4) seizure under legal process;
(5) inherent defect, quality, or vice of the goods;
(6) insufficiency of package;
(7) act or omission of the shipper or owner of the goods or their agent; or
(8) saving or attempting to save life or property at sea, including a deviation in rendering such a service.
(Pub. L. 109–304, §6(c), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1517.)
Revised Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
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30706 | 46 App.:192. | Feb. 13, 1893, ch. 105, §3, 27 Stat. 445. |
This section is restated as two subsections to clarify that the exercise of due diligence in making the vessel seaworthy is a condition only to the defense of error in navigation or management restated in subsection (a). See May v. Hamburg-Amerikanische Packetfahrt Aktiengesellschaft (The Isis), 290 U.S. 333, 353 (1933). The words "transporting merchandise or property to or from any port in the United States of America" are omitted because of section 30702(a) of the revised title.
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