Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Carriers and Innkeepers Act 1958 - SECT 29

Exclusion of liability in certain cases

29. Exclusion of liability in certain cases

The liability imposed by law on the keeper of an inn to make good the loss at
the inn, whether by theft or otherwise, of property brought to the inn by or
on behalf of a traveller using its facilities, and the same liability imposed
by section 28 with respect to damage thereto, shall not be incurred by the
innkeeper where-

   (a)  the property lost or damaged is a vehicle or anything therein, or a
        horse or other live animal or its harness or other equipment; or

   (b)  the traveller is not a guest at the inn within the meaning of this
        Act-

unless the cause of the loss or damage was some default neglect or wilful act
of the innkeeper or his servant.