Bare ActsCochin Port and Dock Regulations, 1975

Section 85

Issue of receipt and remark list:-

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(A) The Traffic Manager shall furnish receipts (in the form at Appendix 'B') to masters, owners or steamer agents of vessels in respect of all goods landed at the Willingdon Island wharves of which the Board assumes custody not later than the end of the fourth working day following the date of landing. In respect of goods landed in a damaged or effective condition, receipts (in the form in Appendix 'C') known as Receipts for import cargo broken or damaged packages will be furnished except in the case of certain types of homogenous cargoes like bagged cargo, where the "remarks" will be shown on the original receipts themselves and a separate "remarks" list will also be furnished. (B) Consignments of liquor:- Consignments of liquor shall be tallied under marks (in the form set out in Appendix 'D') as in the case of other import cargo with the differences that no remarks will be made regarding the outward condition of the packages. Note:- The following procedure shall be adopted for the landing and clearance of consignments of liquor: (i) Separate lockfasts will be allotted in the transit sheds to the agents of steamer lines on application by them to the Traffic Manager at least a week before the arrival of the steamer giving the approximate area required. (ii) At the time of landing from vessels berthed at the wharf (from lighters in the case of boated cargo) the consignments liquor shall be handled by the Port and stroked in the lockfast allotted to the respective steams agents. (iii) The lockfast shall be locked by the steamer agents with a lock belonging to them and by the Port with its own lock, and the keys will be retained by the steamer agents and the Port respectively. (iv) The goods shall remain in the lockfast in the transit shed under the custody of the steamer agents from the time they are landed clearance and the Port shall not be responsible for damages to or storages in the contents. (v) The goods shall be delivered jointly by the Port and the steamer agents under the direct supervision of their representatives after the Port and Customs formalities are undergone and the necessary charges paid in full as in the case of any other import cargo: (vi) The consignments of liquor shall not be allowed to be stored any where outside the lockfast except with the written permission of the Traffic Manager which shall be granted only in exceptional circumstances, when there is shortage of lockfast accommodation, provided the steamer agents take full responsibility and indemnify the Port against all loss and claims, and in such a case they will be permitted to post their own watchmen on such occasions.

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