Merchant Shipping Act · s 172

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s 172

(1)

In the absence of any arrangement whereby the owner of any goods imported in any ship into any port or place in Brunei is entitled to land or take delivery of such goods, or in case the owner of such goods is not ready or does not offer to land or take delivery under such arrange-ment as soon as the ship is ready to unload, a shipowner may land or unship the goods imported in any ship into

Brunei at any time after the arrival of the ship.

(2)

Where a shipowner lands goods in pursuance of this section, he shall place them, or cause them to be placed-

(a)

if any wharf or warehouse is named in the charterparty, bill of lading or agreement, as the wharf or warehouse where the goods are to be placed and if they can be conveniently there re-ceived, on that wharf or in that warehouse; and

(b)

in any other case, or some wharf or in some warehouse on or in which goods of a like nature are usually placed.