Innkeepers' Liability Act 1863
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1863 c. 41 |
(26 & 27 Vict.) C A P. XLI.
[13th July 1863]
'WHEREAS it is expedient to amend the Law concerning the Liability of Innkeepers in respect of the Goods of their Guests in manner herein-after mentioned:' Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, as follows; (that is to say,)
1 Innkeeper not to be liable for Loss, &c. beyond 30 l. , except in certain Cases.
1. No Innkeeper shall, after the passing of this Act, be liable to make good to any Guest of such Innkeeper any Loss of or Injury to Goods or Property brought to his Inn, not being a Horse or other live Animal, or any Gear appertaining thereto, or any Carriage, to a greater Amount than the Sum of Thirty Pounds, except in the following Cases; (that is to say,)
(1) (1.) Where such Goods or Property shall have been stolen, lost, or injured through the wilful Act, Default, or Neglect of such Innkeeper or any Servant in his Employ:
(2) (2.) Where such Goods or Property shall have been deposited expressly for safe Custody with such Innkeeper:
Provided always, that in the Case of such Deposit it shall be lawful for such Innkeeper, if he think fit, to require, as a Condition of his Liability, that such Goods or Property shall be deposited in a Box or other Receptacle, fastened and sealed by the Person depositing the same.
2 Obligation to receive Property of Guests for safe Custody.
2. If any Innkeeper shall refuse to receive for safe Custody, as before mentioned, any Goods or Property of his Guest, or if any such Guest shall, through any Default of such Innkeeper, be unable to deposit such Goods or Property as aforesaid, such Innkeeper shall not be entitled to the Benefit of this Act in respect of such Goods or Property.
3 Notice of Law, &c. to be conspicuously exhibited.
3. Every Innkeeper shall cause at least One Copy of the First Section of this Act, printed in plain Type, to be exhibited in a conspicuous Part of the Hall or...
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