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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Ports Act, 1908 Section 59

Magistrate to determine the amount to be levied in case of dispute If any dispute arises concerning the amount leviable

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Ports Act, 1908 Section 59 is part of Ports Act, 1908 - Magistrate to determine the amount to be levied in case of dispute If any dispute arises concerning the amount leviable. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

SECTION 59 : Magistrate to determine the amount to be levied in case of dispute If any dispute arises concerning the amount leviable by any distress or arrest under this Act or the costs payable under the last Foregoing section, the person making the distress or using the arrest may delain the goods distrained or arrested, or the proceeds of the sale thereof, until the amount to be levied has been determined by a Magistrate, who. upon application made to him for that purpose, may determine the amount and award such costs to be paid to either of the parties to the other of them as he thinks reasonable, and payment of such costs, if not paid on demand, shall be enforced as if they were a fine.

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What does Ports Act, 1908 Section 59 provide?

Section Section 59 of the Ports Act, 1908 (Magistrate to determine the amount to be levied in case of dispute If any dispute arises concerning the amount leviable) is reproduced on this page as part of the Ports Act, 1908. Lawyers and researchers use it to read the statutory wording before checking how courts have applied this section in reported judgments.

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