In force2023 Revised EditionCurrent version · 2023 Revised EditionSee versions on Attorney General's Chambers(opens the publisher’s site)
Contracts Act · 2023 Revised Edition · Part · Bailment
Contracts Act · 2023 Revised Edition · Part · Bailment
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
If the bailee makes any use of the goods bailed which is not according to the conditions of the bailment, he is liable to make
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compensation to the bailor for any damage arising to the goods from or during such use of them.
Illustrations
A lends a horse to B for his own riding only. B allows C, a member of his family, to ride the horse. C rides with care, but the horse accidentally falls and is injured. B is liable to make compensation to A for the injury done to the horse.
A hires a horse in Brunei Darussalam from B expressly to go to Kuala Belait.
A rides with due care, but goes to Muara instead. The horse accidentally falls and is injured.
A is liable to make compensation to B for the injury to the horse.