Liability for loss, etc., of goods

Subject to this Act or any regulations or any contract, the Authority shall not be liable for the loss, misdelivery, detention of or damage to goods, 29 (a) delivered to or in the possession of the Authority, otherwise than for the purposes of carriage and warehouse except where such loss, misdelivery, detention or damage is caused by negligence on the part of any person employed by or on behalf of the (b) accepted by the Authority for carriage or warehousing where such loss, misdelivery, detention or damage occurs otherwise than while the goods are in transit or being warehoused and is not caused by negligence on the part of any person employed by or on behalf of the Authority, Provided that the Authority shall in no case be liable for such loss, misdelivery, detention or damage arising from, (i) an act of God; (ii) an act of war or the State’s enemies; (iii) an arrest or restraint of princes or rulers, or seizure under legal process; (iv) an act or omission of the consignor, consignee, or depositor, or of the servant or agent of any such person; (v) fire, flood, tempest, riots, civil commotion, strikes, lock outs, stoppage or restraint of labour from whatever cause, whether partial or general; (vi) inherent liability to wastage in bulk or weight, latent, or inherent defect, inherent vice or natural deterioration; 30 (vii) deficiency in the contents of unbroken packages; (viii) insufficiency or improper packing or leakage from defective drums, containers or packages, Provided further that where such loss, misdelivery, detention or damage occurs in relation to goods accepted by the Authority for carriage or for warehousing, the limitation contained in section 37 of this Act, shall apply.