Section 38

In respect of any transhipment goods delivered by a person to, or placed by a person in the custody of, the Authority, the Authority shall, from time of acknowledgement of the receipt of such goods and until delivery of such goods alongside the on-carrying vessel for loading, be liable, subject to section 39, for the loss or destruction of, or damage to, such goods:

Provided that the Authority shall not be liable for any such loss, destruction or damage in a sum of more than one thousand ringgit 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

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to be delivered, and the Authority shall not in any event be liable therefor where the value of any such goods has been misstated.