Section 64

If the master or owner of any vessel in respect of which any dues, rates, damages or penalties are payable under this Act or any regulations made thereunder refuses or neglects to pay the same or any part thereof on demand, the Authority may, in addition to any other remedy which it may be entitled to use, distrain or arrest of its own authority the vessel and the tackle, apparel or furniture belonging thereto or any part thereof, and detain the same until the amount so due is paid.

In case any part of the dues, rates, damages or penalties, or of the costs of the distress or arrest, or of the keeping of the vessel, tackle, apparel or furniture remains unpaid for the space of 14 days next after any such distress or arrest has been so made, the Authority may cause the vessel or other thing so distrained or arrested to be sold, and with the proceeds of the sale may satisfy those dues, rates, damages or penalties and costs, including costs of sale remaining unpaid, rendering the surplus, if any, to the master or owner of the vessel on demand.

If the Authority gives to the Port Master a notice stating that an amount therein specified is due in respect of dues, rates, damages or penalties chargeable under this Act or any regulations made thereunder against the vessel or the owner, agent or master of the vessel, the Port Master shall not grant port clearance until the amount so chargeable has been paid or security has been given to the satisfaction of the Authority for the amount thereof.[61