All business undertaken by South African Courier Systems (Pty) Ltd (t/a Royale International) is subject to the following terms & conditions:
1. - for the purposes of the paragraphs set out below:
1.1 - the “carrier” shall mean South African Courier Systems (Pty) Ltd t/a Royale International
1.2 - the “carriage” shall mean all forms of carriage and related activities undertaken by the carrier on behalf of the client
1.3 - the “client” shall mean the party reflected on the waybill or the credit application as the sender of goods.
1.4 - the “goods” shall mean any goods coming under the control of the carrier on behalf of any client and shall include any container, transportable tank, flat, pallet or package or other covering not supplied by or on behalf of the carrier.
3. - All and any business undertaking, including any advice, information or services provided by the carrier shall be subject to the conditions hereafter set out and each conditions shall be deemed to be incorporated in and to be a condition of any agreement between the carrier and the client.
4. - The carrier is not a public or common carrier and acts as freight forwarder only. The client or his representative by his signature on the waybill or credit application enters into a contract with the carrier to arrange delivery as indicated on the waybill. The client certifies that the particulars on the face of the waybill will be correct and requests the carrier to receive and forward the mentioned goods to aid destination and to deliver it to the consignee in accordance with the conditions as set out hereunder. The client hereby warrants that he is the duly authorised agent of the consignee for and on whose behalf the conditions set out herein are accepted and hereby indemnifies the carrier against and all claims of whatsoever nature and howsoever arising, instituted against the carrier by the consignee or any other person. The client furthermore accepts that in the event of the carrier being unable to deliver the goods to the consignee due to the address of the consignee having been incorrectly stated on the waybill; the consignee being unknown at the place of delivery and/or the consignee refusing delivery, then the client automatically agrees to pay the charges of the carrier in returning the goods to their place of original consignment.
5.1 - No goods, including radio-active materials, which are or may become dangerous, inflammable or noxious or which, by their nature, may become liable to cause injury or damage to any person, goods or property whatsoever shall be tendered to the carrier without the express consent of the carrier in writing. The goods or the container, package or other covering in which the goods are to be tendered to the carrier or its agent shall be prominently marked on the outside so as to indicate the nature and character of the goods, and so as to comply with any applicable laws, regulations or requirements of any authority or carrier.
5.2 - If any such goods are tendered to the carrier without its written consent or without being marked as aforesaid the same may, at any time, be destroyed disposed of, abandoned or rendered harmless at the sole discretion of the carrier and at the entire risk and expense of the client without compensation to him/her/it, or any other party and without prejudice to the carrier’s rights to its charges or fees including the costs of destruction or disposal.
5.3 - Notwithstanding its acceptance of the goods with express consent the carrier may nevertheless for good reason such as the risk to other goods, property, life or health destroy or otherwise deal with the goods at the entire risk and expense of the client without compensation to him/her/it, or any other party and without prejudice to the carrier’s rights to its charges or fees including the costs of destruction or disposal.
5.4 - Whether or not the client was aware of the nature of the goods and whether or not the Carrier’s written acceptance thereof was obtained, the client shall be deemed to have indemnified the Carrier against all loss, damage or liability caused to the Carrier as a result of the tender of the goods to the Carrier.
5.5 - The client shall be responsible for compliance with all regulations relating to such goods as aforesaid in force in any country or its territorial waters.
6. - Notwithstanding the provisions of Clause 5.1 to 5.5 herein above the Client warrants that the contents of the shipment may be lawfully carried aboard passenger aircraft, and is not a prohibited substance under any applicable statutes and regulations. That it is properly packaged for that purpose if necessary. The client shall indemnify and hold the carrier harmless against any loss by the latter as a result of client’s violation of this provision.
7. - The carrier’s charge for its services are set out in the carrier’s official Tariff document, applicable from time to time. Such tariff of charges shall be subject to review by the carrier without prior written notice to the client. Any variation or alteration to the carrier’s tariff shall immediately be binding on the client. Should the carrier have agreed to rates of charge which are less than the carriers official tariff rate then such agreed rates will apply in respect of the goods or transactions to which they relate, unless the client fails to pay such charges on/or before due date for payment, in which event the carriers official tariff charges will become due and payable in lieu of the agreed charges.
8. - The carrier’s handling of goods shall not be influenced in any way by their contents or by the client’s declaration as to their contents, and the carrier does not undertake to study or be influenced by such declaration.
9. - The carrier’s liability to the client in respect of goods in its care shall:
9.1 - terminate on bona fide delivery of the goods to the consignee nominated by the client, unless the consignee, at the time of delivery brings to the attention of the carrier in writing any loss or damage to the goods. Failure to so advise the carrier will give rise to an irrevocable presumption that all goods were delivered in the same order as when received by the carrier.
9.2 - due to government restrictions on offering financial advice the carrier is not able to offer insurance on international or domestic shipments. All insurance needs must fulfilled by an outside party. Please contact the carrier for further information.
9.3 - not, in any circumstances, extend to and include any loss or damage, whether direct or consequential, suffered by the client or the consignee attributable to delay in delivery or non-delivery of any goods due to whatever cause whether it be due to default or not.
10. - The Carrier shall not accept liability for the handling of any bullion, coins, precious stones, jewellery, valuables, antiques, pictures, bank notes, securities and other valuable documents or articles, livestock or plants unless special arrangements have previously been made in writing. Should any client nevertheless deliver any such goods to the Carrier or cause the Carrier to handle or deal with any such goods otherwise than under special arrangements previously made in writing the Carrier, whether or not it is aware of the nature of the goods, shall bear no liability whatsoever for or in connection with any loss of or damage to the goods.
11. - The carrier shall have a lien over the goods for monies due to the carrier in respect of services rendered by the carrier whether or not payment in respect of such goods is then due and furthermore whether or not such payment is due in respect of carriage of such goods or other goods which have already been carried but not yet paid for. Without prejudice to any of the carrier’s rights against the client, in the event of the client failing to pay the carrier the monies due to it, the carrier shall have the right to:
11.1 - to open and examine any parts of the goods; and
11.2 - at its option, to sell, either by public auction or private treaty, and at its entire discretion, the whole or any part of the goods; and
11.3 - to apply the proceeds of any such sale, after deduction of all expenses associated therewith, in payment of or towards any sum due by the client to the carrier
11.4 - to pay the client any surplus, without interest, within 60 (sixty) days after such sale whereupon the carrier shall be released from all liability whatsoever in respect of the goods carried. The above rights shall apply mutates mutandi in respect of any goods abandoned in the possession of the carrier and not claimed within a period of 60 (sixty) days of date being originally delivered to the carrier.
12. If the client wishes the carrier to collect any payments due by the client to the carrier from a third party, the client must, at the same time of requesting the carrier to deliver the goods on its behalf ensure that:
12.1 - the third party is an account holder of the carrier;
12.2 - the third party’s account number is quoted on the waybill document. If the client fail to do so, the carrier will ignore the client’s instructions and the carrier will charge the client directly, or, at the carrier’s discretion, will refuse to move the goods tendered by the client for delivery until accounting instructions acceptable to the carrier are received from the client. Should the third party nominated by the client as debtor decline to settle the carrier’s charges, the client shall be liable to the carrier’s charges in full.
13. - Every client engaging the carrier to undertake business shall do so and shall be deemed to do so in every respect and in relation to all the terms of the transaction including these conditions not only on his own behalf but also as agent and on behalf of:
13.1 - every person then owning or otherwise interested in any goods the subject of the transaction undertaken, and;
13.2 - every person acquiring ownership of or any other interest in any such goods subsequent to the engagement of the Carrier and prior to the completion of the transaction undertaken.
13.3 - Every client engaging the Carrier shall be deemed to have warranted that he either has the authority to engage the Carrier as owner of such goods or as the authorised agent and on behalf of the persons referred to in 13.1 and 13.2 above.
14.1 - The client shall be deemed to be bound by and warrant the accuracy of descriptions, values and other particulars furnished to the carrier for customs, consular or other purposes, and shall be deemed to have indemnified the carrier against all claims, losses, penalties, damages, expenses and fines whatsoever arising from any inaccuracy or omission even if such inaccuracy or omission is not due to any negligence.
14.2 - The client, sender, owner and/or consignee and their agents, if any, shall be liable for any duties, taxes, imposts, levies, deposits or outlays of whatsoever nature levied by the authorities of any port or place for or in connection with the goods, and for any payments, fines, expenses, loss or damage whatsoever incurred sustained by the carrier in connection therewith.
15.1 - Wherever it is necessary, for the purpose of these conditions or any other purpose whatever, for instructions to be given to the carrier, such instructions shall be recognized by the carrier as valid only if timeously given specially in relation to the matter in question. Standing or general instructions, or instructions given late, even if received by the carrier without comment shall not be binding on the carrier.
15.2 - If, at any stage in any transaction, the carrier should consider that there is good reason, making it advisable in the client’s interest, to depart from any of the client’s instructions, the carrier shall be permitted to do so and shall not thereby incur any additional liability.
16. - All monies due to the carrier in respect of services rendered shall be paid as agreed from date of consignment and payment shall be made without deduction or set-off and no amounts due may be deferred or withheld for any reason whatsoever. In particular the lodging of a claim against the carrier by the client or consignee shall not entitle the client or consignee to withhold any monies due to the carrier.
17. - If the Client fails to pay any amount due in terms of the proposed agreement on or before the stipulated due date, the Carrier will be entitled, but not be obliged, to levy interest at a rate of 2% per month or such other maximum rate of interest as may be prescribed in respect of incidental credit agreements pursuant to the National Credit Act 34 of 2005 and any regulation published thereunder.
18. - Should any of the provisions of this agreement be found, by a Court, to be invalid, void or unenforceable, in whole or in part, such invalid, void or unenforceable provision will be deleted from these terms and conditions but the remainder of these conditions will nonetheless remain valid and binding.
19.1 - The Parties agree that any legal proceedings may be instituted in any Magistrate’s Court having jurisdiction regarding any legal action arising out of this agreement, despite the fact that such action may not fall within the monetary jurisdiction of the Magistrate’s Court. Notwithstanding this consent either party will have the right to institute action against each other in any competent Court having jurisdiction. Including any High Court.
19.2 - The Client shall be liable for any tracing, collection or valuation fees incurred by the Carrier should the Client default on its obligation under this agreement.
20. - The parties choose as their domicilium citandi et executandi for the delivery of all court processes and any other notices hereunder,
21. - This document, as read with the airwaybill, constitutes the full terms and conditions upon which the carrier renders its services to its clients and no other oral agreements and/or representations may be relied upon by the clients unless reduced to writing and signed by a director of the carrier. No variation to the above terms and conditions shall be enforceable unless reduced to writing and signed by a director of the carrier. In particular no other agent or employee, save for a director, of the carrier has the carrier’s authority to alter or vary these conditions either by an oral agreement or a written undertaking or promise given.