Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2015C00644:reg:7:p7
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2015C00644
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 7 (pt 7/16)
Character Range: 18296–20838

(f) Act of public enemies.
 (g) Arrest or restraint of princes, rulers or people, or seizure under legal process.
 (h) Quarantine restrictions.
 (i) Act or omission of the shipper or owner of the goods, his agent or representative.
 (j) Strikes or lock‑outs or stoppage or restraint of labour from whatever cause, whether partial or general.
 (k) Riots and civil commotions.
 (l) Saving or attempting to save life or property at sea.
 (m) Wastage in bulk or weight or any other loss or damage arising from inherent defect, quality or vice of the goods.
 (n) Insufficiency of packing.
 (o) Insufficiency or inadequacy of marks.
 (p) Latent defects not discoverable by due diligence.
 (q) Any other cause arising without the actual fault or privity of the carrier, or without the fault or neglect of the agents or servants of the carrier, but the burden of proof shall be on the person claiming the benefit of this exception to show that neither the actual fault or privity of the carrier nor the fault or neglect of the agents or servants of the carrier contributed to the loss or damage.
[NOTE: For the liability of a carrier for loss caused by delay, see Article 4A.]
 3. The shipper shall not be responsible for loss or damage sustained by the carrier or the ship arising or resulting from any cause without the act, fault or neglect of the shipper, his agents or his servants.
 4. Any deviation in saving or attempting to save life or property at sea or any reasonable deviation shall not be deemed to be an infringement or breach ofthis convention these Rules or of the contract of carriage, and the carrier shall not be liable for any loss or damage resulting therefrom.
 5.
 (a) Unless the nature and value of such goods have been declared by the shipper before shipment and inserted in the bill of lading, sea carriage document, neither the carrier nor the ship shall in any event be or become liable for any loss or damage to or in connection with the goods in an amount exceeding 666.67 units of account per package or unit or 2 units of account per kilogramme of gross weight of the goods lost or damaged, whichever is the higher.
 (b) The total amount recoverable shall be calculated by reference to the value of such goods at the place and time at which the goods are discharged from the ship in accordance with the contract or should have been so discharged.
 The value of the goods shall be fixed according to the commodity exchange price, or, if there be no such price, according to the current market price, or, if there be no