S.L. 499.1 Art. 99When insufficient warehousing accommodation available.

(1) Subject to the provisions of the tariff, if in the opinion of the Authority there is, or is likely to be, insufficient warehousing accommodation available for cargo as a whole, or for goods of any particular category, the Authority may -

(a) in the case of imported goods or cargo, on which storage rent has become due, transfer or authorise the contractor to transfer, after notice, such goods or cargo to a Government warehouse as defined in the Customs

Ordinance and such transfer shall constitute delivery of such goods or cargo by the Authority or the contractor, as the case may be, to the importer, owner or consignee: Provided that -

(i) before withdrawing any such goods from such warehouse, the importer, owner or consignee, as the case may be, shall pay or secure to the satisfaction of the Authority the payment of all dues and rates payable by him in respect of such goods; and

(ii) pending payment the Authority shall retain unprejudiced all its rights relating to the payment of such dues and rates;

(b) in the case of export goods or cargo proferred for shipment, refuse permission for such cargo to be deposited on any quay or refuse or authorise the contractor to refuse to accept such goods, until such time as the loading ship is on the loading berth;

(c) in the case of export goods or cargo, deposited for shipment on which storage rent has become due, not being goods in bond, order the owners or agents of to the importers, owners or agents of the goods or cargo, as the case may be, personally or by means of publication in Gazette or in a local newspaper.