GENERAL CONDITIONS
In consideration of your establishing an irrevocable documentary letter of credit in accordance with the terms which appears on the reverse hereof, we hereby agree with you as follows:
1. We undertake to pay on presentation or to accept on presentation and pay at maturity drafts negotiated within the terms of this credit, even should the merchandise be diverted or overcarried or fail to arrive or be refused landing at destination due to whatever cause.
2. We agree to pay your commission, interest and all expenses and your agent's charges.
3. You are to have a lien on all goods, documents and policies and proceeds thereof with full power of sale over said goods, for any obligations or liabilities present or future incurred by you under and arising out of this credit.
4. You may at your absolute discretion and without giving notice to us convert into local currency, equivalent, all drafts and documents negotiated under this credit at the prevailing rate of exchange at any time after the receipt of cable of negotiation or the receipt of the relative drafts and documents, unless otherwise, arranged.
5. We certify that the import of the relevant goods are not prohibited or restricted and that we hold and undertake to exhibit to you a valid import licence where such licence is required.
6. We hold you and your agents free from any responsibility for any delay, mistake or omission that may happen in the transmission of the instructions or their misinterpretation when received and for the correctness or genuineness of the documents submitted if apparently in order or for the loss or delay in forwarding of the documents.
7. You may restrict negotiations under this credit to your branch or any correspondent of your choice.
8. "You are hereby authorised to debit our current account with you for the negotiations under the credit. You may so debit our account without notice or other reference to us and if :
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a) as a result of such debit, our account shall be overdrawn we agree that interest shall accrue thereon at such rate as may be determined by you and be payable together with other customary bank charges which you may impose; and |
| b) you shall not be liable for the dishonour of any cheque drawn by us on the account if as a result of debiting our account there are insufficient funds for payment of the same." |
9. This Credit is subject to the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits, International Chamber of Commerce Publication (Latest Version).
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