(1) The following particulars shall be stated on a bill of lading, and a carrier shall write his/her name and affix his/her seal, or affix his/her signature, thereon:
1. The name, nationality and tonnage of a ship;
2. The kind, weight or volume of cargo, and the classification, number and mark of packing notified in writing by a consignor;
3. The condition of external appearance of cargo;
4. The name and trade name of a charterer or consignor;
5. The name and trade name of a consignee or recipient of notice;
6. The port of loading;
7. The port of unloading;
8. The freight;
9. The place of issuance and date, month and year of its issuance;
10. The number of copies if several copies of the bill of lading have been issued;
11. The name or trade name of a carrier;
12. The seat of the principal place of business of a carrier(2) If reasonable grounds exist to doubt that the weight, volume, number or mark of the cargo among the matters listed in paragraph (1) 2 does not exactly indicate the cargo which a carrier has actually received, or if there is no proper method to confirm it, such statement may be omitted.
(3) A consignor shall be deemed to have certified to a carrier the correctness of the matters listed in paragraph (1) 2.
(4) When a carrier has made notification on cargo to the recipient of notice stated on a bill of lading, he/she shall be deemed to have notified a consignor, the holder of the bill of lading and other consignee.[This Article Wholly Amended by Act No. 8581, Aug. 3, 2007]