Section Text
(1) For the amount of all rates1[leviable under this Act] in respect of any goods, and for the rent due to the Board for any building, plinths, stacking areas, or other premises on or in which any goods may have been placed, the Board shall have a lien on such goods, and may seize and detain the same until such rates and rents are fully paid.
(2) Such lien shall have priority over all other lines and claims, except for general average and for the ship-owner's lien upon the said goods for freight and other charges where such .Hen exists and has been preserved in the manner provided in sub-section (I) of section 60, and for money payable to the Central Government2[under any law for the time being in force relating to customs, other than by way of penalty or fine].
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1. Substituted for "leviable by a Board under this Act" by Port Laws (Amendment) Act, 1997 w.e.f. 09-01-1997.
2. Substituted for the words "under any law for the time being in force" by the Major Port Trusts (Amendment) Act (29 of 1974), Section 21 (1-2-1975).