Clause 7

Neither the Authority nor any person duly authorised by it shall be liable —

for any loss caused to any person by reason of misdelivery, short delivery or non-delivery of any goods deposited with or placed in the custody or control of the Authority, other than transhipment goods and goods accepted for storage by the Authority under section 96 of this Ordinance;

for damage to or destruction of such goods as have been duly acknowledged by the Authority to be in its custody in the 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.(2) For the purposes of this section and of section 90 of this Ordinance, “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.”.