Malaysia legislation
Section 37
Section 37
⎯(1) If the weight or quantity of the goods is, after weighing and measuring under section 36, found to be more than that shown by the particulars provided under section 24 or 25, or the Merchant
Shipping (Ports and Rivers) Regulations, 1961 [G.N.S. 43/61], the expenses of the weighing or measuring shall be paid to the Port
Authority by the master of the vessel and shall be recoverable in the same manner as dues leviable under this Part.
(2)
If the weight or quantity of the goods is found to be the same as, or less than, that shown by the particulars so provided, the
Port Authority shall pay the expenses of the weighing or measuring and of any unreasonable delay of the vessel.
Power to distrain for non-payment of dues and rates