WAREHOUSEMEN'S LIENS ACT 1958 - SECT 6 Necessity of notice by warehouseman

WAREHOUSEMEN'S LIENS ACT 1958 - SECT 6

    (1)     The warehouseman shall within two months after the date of the deposit of the goods give notice of the lien—

        (a)     to any person who has served upon the warehouseman a notice in the prescribed form of his claim to be the owner of the goods or of some interest therein or of whose interest the warehouseman has received notice as prescribed;

S. 6(1)(b) repealed by No. 10097 s. 174(7)(a).

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        (c)     to any other person of whose interest in the goods the warehouseman has knowledge.

    (2)     The notice shall be in the prescribed form and shall contain—

        (a)     a brief description of the goods;

        (b)     a statement showing the location of the warehouse where the goods are stored, the date of their deposit with the warehouseman and the name of the person by whom they were deposited;

        (c)     a statement that a lien is claimed by the warehouseman in respect of the goods under this Act; and

        (d)     such other particulars as are prescribed.

    (3)     The notice may be given personally or by registered post.

    (4)     Where the warehouseman fails to give the notice required by this section, his lien, as against the person to whom he fails to give notice, shall be void as from the expiration of the period of two months from the date of the deposit of the goods.

No. 4562 s. 6.