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Hotel Proprietors.
[1964 Ed.
Schedule.
Power of sale. [cf. 41 & 42 Vict. c. 38, s. 1.]
of one thousand dollars in respect of any one article, or the sum of two thousand dollars in the aggregate, except where-
(a) the property was stolen, lost or damaged through the default, neglect or wilful act of the proprietor or some servant of his; or
(b) the property was deposited by or on behalf of the guest expressly for safe custody with the proprietor or some servant of his authorized, or appearing to be authorized, for the purpose, and, if so required by the proprietor or that servant, in a container fastened or sealed by the depositor and when property is deposited in accordance with the provisions of this paragraph, the liability of the proprietor as an innkeeper to any one guest in respect of the loss of or damage to property so deposited shall not exceed the value thereof as declared by or on behalf of the guest at the time of deposit; or
(c) at a time after the guest had arrived at the hotel, either the property in question was offered for deposit as aforesaid and the proprietor or his servant refused to receive it, or the guest or some other guest acting on his behalf endeavoured to offer the property in question but, through the default of the proprietor or a servant of his, was unable to do so: Provided that the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply where the value of the property as declared by or on behalf of the guest when offered for deposit exceeds the sum of ten thousand dollars:
Provided that the proprietor shall not be entitled to the protection of this subsection unless, at the time when the property in question was brought to the hotel, a copy of the notice set out in the Schedule printed in plain type was conspicuously displayed in a place where it could conveniently be read by his guests at or near the reception office or desk or, where there is no reception office or desk, at or near the main entrance to the hotel.
5. A proprietor of a hotel shall, as an innkeeper, in addition to his ordinary lien, have the right absolutely to sell by public auction any property which may have been deposited with him or left in his hotel or in premises appurtenant or belonging thereto, where the guest depositing or leaving such property shall be or become indebted to him for any board or lodging:
Provided however-
(a) that, except in the case of perishable property, no such sale shall be made until after the property shall have been for the space of six weeks in such charge or custody or in or upon such premises without such debt having been satisfied:
(b) that such proprietor, after having, out of the proceeds of such sale, paid himself the amount of any such debt together with the costs and expenses of such sale, shall