Cap. 13 Art. 312When contract of affreightment is dissolvedipsojure.

(1 A contract of affreightment is dissolved ipso jure, without any right of the parties to the contract to claim freight or indemnity, upon the happening, before the departure of the vessel, of any of the following circumstances:

(a) if the departure of the vessel is prevented by a vis major;

(b) if the exportation from the place of departure of all or any of the goods included in one and the same contract of affreightment is prohibited, or if the importation thereof is prohibited at the place of destination;

(c) if trade with the place to which the vessel is bound is interdicted.

(2) In every such case the freighter must bear the expenses of loading and discharging.