Singapore legislation
Clause 88
Clause 88
Loss or destruction of, or damage to, goods other than transhipment goods deposited with the Authority
(1)
The Authority and any person duly authorised by it shall, in respect of any goods other than transhipment goods deposited with or placed in the custody or control of the Authority for the purpose of shipment or delivery, be deemed to be the agent of the owner of the vessel loading or discharging such goods irrespective of whosoever pays or is liable to pay any rates in respect of such goods.
(2)
Neither the Authority nor any person duly authorised by it shall, in acting as an agent under the provisions of subsection (1) of this section, be liable —
either in damages or in any other respect for any loss caused to any person by reason of short delivery of any goods deposited with or placed in the custody or control of the Authority or any failure by the Authority to deliver or account for the same; or
for damage to, or destruction of, such goods in a sum of more than two thousand dollars per package or unit unless the nature and value of the goods contained therein have, prior to delivery to the Authority, been declared in writing to the Authority by the person delivering or causing the same to be delivered, and the Authority shall not in any event be liable therefor where the value of any such goods has been mis-stated or where there prevails any of the circumstances set out in section 91 of this Ordinance.
(3)
For the purposes of this section and of section 90 of this Ordinance, the expression “transhipment goods” means goods landed from a vessel and placed in the custody of the Authority for the purposes of shipment on another vessel on a through Bill of Lading dated at the port of loading of such goods and showing that the destination is via Singapore, with the ultimate port of destination marked on each package or unit containing such goods and declared on a transhipment manifest lodged with the Authority prior to or at the time such goods are placed in its custody.