The
Manager,
…………..….………….Bank,
…………..….………….
…………..….………….
Sir,
In
consideration of your Bank advancing to me/us on loan the sum of Rs…………..….………….
I/We hereby agree to hypothecate and hold under lien to the Bank as security
for the repayment as per Schedule hereto of the principal amount of the loan
and payment of interest on demand at…………..…% per annum subject to a maximum of…………..….%
per annum above Bank Rate.
The
goods so to be held by me/us under lien to the Bank I/We declare to be my/our
absolute property, and to be stored in my/our godowns at………..….…………. I/We
hereby agree to furnish you at the close of business on the last day of each
English calendar month so long as any money remains due in respect of the said
loan with a full and correct statement of particulars of all goods so held
under lien to the Bank, with the market value thereof respectively on that day.
All
goods from time to time held by me/us under lien to the Bank in terms of this
agreement shall be kept separate and apart from all other goods in my/our
possession, and no moneys shall be borrowed by me/us from any company, firm or
person on the security of such goods stored in the same godown in a way that
such other goods may be mixed with the goods held under lien to the Bank nor
shall I/We do any other act by means of which the Bank’s lien on the goods so
held shall be in any way impaired or affected.
It
is understood that I/We are at liberty, from time to time in the ordinary
course of business, to sell all or any of the goods from time to time held
under lien to the Bank under this agreement provided that no such sale shall
reduce the value of the goods held under lien below the amount of my/our said
debt to the Bank plus the margin of…………..…. per cent. In case of any goods held
under lien to the Bank reducing the value of the goods held under this lien to
less than the amount of my/our said debt to the Bank plus such margin, the
proceeds of such sale, as soon as the same are received, shall be paid into the
bank in part satisfaction of the said loan and shall in the meantime be held as
specifically appropriated to payment of the amount due by me/ us on the
security.
I/We
empower you or any one from time to time authorised by you on behalf of the bank
to enter the godowns in which the goods held under lien to the bank under this
agreement shall be from time to time stored, for the purpose of inspecting and
taking an account of the said goods.
I/We
further empower you or anyone authorised by you as aforesaid so long as any
money advanced by the bank under this agreement remains unpaid, to take
possession of any goods from time to time held by me/us under lien to the Bank
under this agreement and or any promissory notes or bazaar chits held by me/us
in respect of any of the goods which may have been sold in such manner as you
may think fit and on so taking possession to exercise on behalf of the Bank all
the rights of a pawnee under the Indian Contract Act and failing payment of the
amount under this loan on…………..….…………., to sell and realise the said goods and
promissory notes or bazaar chits. No notice to me/us of such sale shall be
necessary, and I/We hereby agree to waive any such notice. I/We agree to accept
the Bank account of such sale signed by the Manager, Accountant or other duly
authorised officer of the Bank as sufficient proof of the correctness of the
amount realised by the Bank and the charges and expenses incurred in connection
with such realisation, and I/We hereby further agree to sign all documents,
furnish all information and do all acts and things necessary for the purpose of
enabling the Bank to sell any goods or realise any promissory notes or bazaar
chits of which you shall so take possession.
I/We
undertake to keep all held under lien to the Bank under this agreement, insured
against fire to their full value, and to produce and deposit the policies with
the Bank any time on demand and to hold all moneys which may become payable
under any such policies in trust for the Bank so long as any money shall remain
due in respect of my/our said loan. It shall be optional for, but not
obligatory on the Bank, to insure the said goods in the Bank’s name or to
appropriate floating policies for the time being effected by the Bank towards
insurance of the said goods and in either case to debit the said loan with
relative premiums.
It
is understood that the Bank’s lien on the goods, so held under this agreement
shall extend to any other sum or sums of money for which I/we or any other of
us either separately or jointly with any other person or persons may be or
become indebted or liable to the bank on any account.
Schedule
of securities referred to in the agreement.…………..….………….
Schedule
of installments for the repayment of the loan amount.………..….………….
Yours
faithfully,
For __ Ltd. (…………..….………….)
Managing Director,
Dated……….………….
