...compulsion of law are exempt from liability for the damage which they may occasion. Section 388 says — " No Owner or Master of any Ship shall be answerable...the employment of such Pilot is compulsory by law." Now, I ask the House to look at the consequences which are likely to flow from tlie operation of that...

...jurisdiction of a different nature or character from that which they have heretofore exercised. CCCLXXXVIII. No owner or master of any ship shall be answerable...the employment of such pilot is compulsory by law. PART VI LIGHTHOUSES. CCCLXXXIX. Subject to the provisions hereinafter contained, and subject also to...

...Then there is the 388th Section, re-enacting a pro vision of the 6th Geo. IV., c. 125, s. 55, whereby "no owner or master of any ship shall be answerable...the employment of such pilot is compulsory by law." The provisions of these three sections have given our courts of law, and especially our Admiralty Court,...

...ship, unless they can bring their case within the exoneration clause, section 388, which enacts that, "No owner or master of any ship shall be answerable...charge of such ship within any district where the (7) 1 B. & C. 186. employment of such pilot is compulsory by law." In the opinion of their Lordships...

...particular destination. The 27 $• 28 Viet. c. 13 (Canadian Statute) by section 14 provides that " no owner or master of any ship shall be answerable...any qualified pilot, acting in charge of such ship, ivithin any place where the employment of such pilot is compulsory by law." The 27 Sf 28 Viet. c. 58...

...noted. Section 838 of the Merchant Shipping Act provides that no owner or master of any ship shah1 be answerable to any person whatever for any loss...such ship within any district where the employment of a pilot is compulsory by law. If he interferes to correct the pilot in the handling of a ship, with...

...Shipping Act exempts the shipowner from liabilty for damage occasioned by default of a licensed pilot within any district, where the employment of such pilot is compulsory by law. The London pilotage district extends from Dungeness to London-bridge, but no pilot can be licensed...

...or Master of any Ship shall Ow^^ be answerable to any Person whatever for any Loss or Damage Rights* occasioned by the Fault or Incapacity of any qualified...charge of such Ship, within any District where the ^imitation of Employment of such Pilot is compulsory by Law. Owner where compulsory. PAET VI. Managed...

...enabling him to pilot the ship within such district (s. 354.). No owner or master of any ship ehall be answerable to any person whatever for any loss...by the fault or incapacity of any qualified pilot in charge of such ship within any district where the employment of such pilot is compulsory (a). PART...

...exercised. Saving of Owners and Masters Rights. Saving of Oimrrs and Rlasffr^ Rights. CCCLXXXVIII. No Owner or Master of any Ship shall be answerable to any Person whatever for any Loss or Damage ^imitation of occasioned by the Fanlt or Incapacity of any qualified Pilot owner'whsre acting in charge...