Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts Sri Lanka Consolidated ActsCertain arrangements and agreements rendered null and void
| 17. On and after the date with effect from which the exclusive right to book or reserve freight or cargo space in respect of the carriage of any goods to any destination has been vested in the Bureau under subsection (1) of section 16, no shipper of such goods from any port in Sri Lanka to such destination shall enter into any agreement or arrangement with any shipowner or shipping line, individually or collectively, whereby such shipper undertakes to confine shipment from Sri Lanka of any such goods whether it be for his own account or for the account of his associates or principals, to any ocean going vessel provided by such shipowner or shipping line, on such shipowner or shipping line agreeing to pay such shipper, any sum of money whether by way of rebate, discount or otherwise, or agreeing to carry on a " contract rate", and any such agreement or arrangement subsisting on the day immediately preceding the aforesaid date, or entered into any time thereafter, shall be deemed for all purposes to be null and void and to have no force or effect in law whatsoever:Provided that the preceding provisions of this section shall not apply in the case of the Bureau entering into any such agreement or arrangement for or on behalf of any such shipper. |