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When the Company acts as an Agent on behalf of the Customer,
the Company shall be entitled (and the Customer hereby expressly
authorises the Company) to enter into all such Contracts on
behalf of the Customer as may be necessary or desirable to
fulfil the Customer's instructions and subject to the trading
conditions of the parties with whom such contracts are made.
7 The Company reserves to itself a reasonable liberty as to
the means, route and procedure to be followed in the handling,
storage and transportation of goods.
8(A) Subject to Sub-Clause (B) hereof, the Company shall have
a general lien on all goods and documents relating to goods
in its possession, custody or control for all sums due at
any time from the Customer or Owner, and shall be entitled
to sell or dispose of such goods or documents as Agent for
and at the expense of the Customer and apply the proceeds
in or towards the payment of such sums on 28 days notice in
writing to the Customer. Upon accounting to the Customer for
any balance remaining after payment of any sum due to the
Company and the costs of sale or disposal the Company shall
be discharged of any liability whatsoever in respect of the
goods or documents.
(B) When the goods are liable to perish or deteriorate, the
Company's right to sell or dispose of the goods shall arise
immediately upon any sum becoming due to the Company subject
only to the Company taking reasonable steps to bring to the
Customer's attention its intention of selling or disposing
of the goods before doing so.
9 The Company shall be entitled to retain and be paid all
brokerages, commissions, allowances and other remunerations
customarily retained by or paid to Freight Forwarders.
10(A) If delivery of the goods or any part thereof is not
taken by the Customer, Consignee or Owner, at the time and
place when and where the Company is entitled to call upon
such person to take delivery thereof, the Company shall be
entitled to store the goods or any part thereof at the sole
risk of the Customer, whereupon the liability of the Company
in respect of the goods or that part thereof stored as aforesaid
shall wholly cease and the cost of such storage if paid for
or payable by the Company or any Agent or Sub-Contractor of
the Company shall forthwith upon demand be paid by the Customer
to the Company.
(B) The Company shall be entitled at the expense of the Customer
to dispose of (by sale or otherwise as may be reasonable in
all the circumstances):-
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