Terms for Storage:

1. All goods for cold storage shall be delivered at the Cold Storage premises properly marked and packed for handling.

2. The Depositor to be declare that he is the owner or the authorised agent of the owner of the goods and that he is authorised to keep the goods in the Cold Storage.

3. The Depositor also to be certify that the goods condition and are fit for keeping in the Cold Storage.

4. The Depositor shall furnish before delivery of goods a manifest, showing marks, brands or size to be kept and accounted for separately. Otherwise the goods may be stored in bulk or assorted at the discretion of the Cold Storage incharge.

5. The Depositor shall furnish the detail or unsound packings if any at the time of deposit. The Cold Storage shall not take any responsibility for pilferage from such packing.

6. Purely as per the declaration given by the depositor the Cold Storage is accepting deposit of goods. The Cold Storage are not in anyway aware of the contents inside the packings or any small containers or petty packings inside. Therefore the Cold Storage shall not take any responsibility what so ever for pilferages noticed after taking delivery of the goods from the storage. It is the responsibility of the depositor to see whether the packings are in the same condition as it was at the time of deposit, while taking delivery of the stocks. Complaints received after releasing the stock from the premises of the storage shall not be entertained under any circumstances.

7. Cold Storage undertakes to store and deliver the goods only packages in which they are originally received, unless otherwise provided.

Storages Period:

8. All goods are stored on month-to-season basis unless otherwise provided. If months' basis a storage month shall extend from a date in one calendar month to but not including the same date of the next of succeeding calendar months but if there i¹s no correspon²ding date in a next succeeding calendar month it shall extend to and include the last day of that month. What the last day of the final storage month falls on a Sunday or a public holiday, the storage month shall be deemed to expire on the next succeeding business day.

9. If for any reason the goods deposited cannot be kept for a long time in the Cold Storage for which it was agreed to be kept or its further keeping will deteriorate greatly in value or injure other property, the Cold Storage may give such notice as reasonable and possible in the circumstance to the Depositor requiring him to remove those goods from the Cold Storage whether immediately or within the time notified in the notice, after paying all the charges, if any due to the Cold Storage.

10. If a Depositor fails to remove the goods within the time required, the Cold Storage may remove them and sell the goods in public auction. The risk and cost of the Depositor and appropriate the sale proceeds towards its dues and remit the balance, if any to the Depositor.

Delivery Requirements:

11. a) Instructions for delivery of goods shall always be in writing and signed by the depositor or his authorised agent. Advance intimation of atleast 4 Hrs. during business time shall be given whenever release of goods is required from the Cold Storage. The goods shall be handled only by the authorised workmen and shall not be allowed to be handled by any other person, when once it is inside Cold Storage. The goods shall be accepted and delivered only during the business hours except in special cases at the description of the Cold Storage. Only authorised persons with proper identity of the clients shall be allowed to negotiate the transaction. Nobody shall be permitted inside the Cold Storage room without permission of competent authority of the Cold Storage.

    b) Depositor shall not be allowed to take delivery of goods stored, unless otherwise he clears all the dues due to the Cold Storage.

Liability:

12. The Cold Storage Plant undertakes to exercise reasonable locate and diligence mentioned by the rules and regulations relating to such storage for keeping the goods in the Cold Storage. The goods for Cold Storage are accepted entirely at Depositor's risk only. The Depositor is advised to make his own arrangements for covering the goods by necessary insurance. The Cold Storage shall have the lien for the goods deposited, until all its dues are cleared by the Depositor.

13. If any damage or loss occurs to the goods on account of failure of the Cold Storage Plant and machinery and or on account of other factors which are Beyond control, the Cold Storage shall not be responsible for such damage.

14. The quality, condition, value and contents of goods are known to the Cold Storage authorities are entered in the receipt on the basis of the declaration made in the records by the Depositor at the time of deposit.

15. The Cold Storage shall not hold any responsibility for the loss in weight, shrinkage and otherafter effects on account of Cold Storage.

16. No guarantee is given for the life of the goods stored in the Cold Storage.

Schedule of Charges:

17. a) The charges shall be as per the rates prescribed by the Cold Storage which are subject to change from time to time without notice.

    b) The charges for handling loading and unloading to month service rendered in the interest of depositor are to be paid by the Depositor of goods in addition to usual Cold Storage charge.

    c) When the goods are transferred from one rack to another at the request of the Depositor, a charge for handling shall be levied. The Cold Storage may also transfer at its own expense any goods in storage from one rack to another in the Cold Storage for reasons of administrative convenience.

18. Any Claim or dispute arising out of this agreement shall be settled at the Civil Courts at Vijayawada City.