19E. Loss or destruction of or damage to transhipment goods deposited with the authority

In respect of any transhipment goods delivered by any person to, or placed by any person in the custody of, the authority, the authority shall, from time of acknowledgement of the receipt of such goods and

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until delivery of such goods alongside the on-carrying vessel for loading, be liable, subject to section 19D, 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 to be delivered, and the authority shall not in any event be liable therefor where the value of any such goods has been misstated.