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[CITE: 49USC80108]

 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                        SUBTITLE X--MISCELLANEOUS
 
                      CHAPTER 801--BILLS OF LADING
 
Sec. 80108. Alterations and additions

    An alteration or addition to a bill of lading after its issuance by 
a common carrier, without authorization from the carrier in writing or 
noted on the bill, is void. However, the original terms of the bill are 
enforceable.

(Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1349.)

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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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80108.................................  49 App.:93.                      Aug. 2
9, 1916, ch. 415, Sec.  13, 39
                                                                          Stat.
 540.
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    The word ``erasure'' is omitted as being included in ``alteration''. 
The words ``whatever be the nature and purpose of the change'' are 
omitted as surplus. The word ``terms'' is substituted for ``tenor'' for 
clarity.
