Clause 59

If the master or owner of any vessel in respect of which any dues, rates or penalties are payable under this Ordinance 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 such 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 said dues, rates or penalties, or of the costs of the distress or arrest, or of the keeping of the said vessel, tackle, apparel or furniture remains unpaid for the space of fourteen 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 such sale may satisfy such dues, rates or penalties and costs, including costs of sale remaining unpaid, rendering the surplus, if any, to the master or owner of such vessel on demand.

If the Authority gives to the officer of the Government whose duty it is to grant the port clearance of any vessel a notice stating that an amount therein specified is due in respect of dues, rates or penalties chargeable under this Ordinance or any regulations made thereunder against such vessel or the owner or master of such vessel, such officer shall not grant such 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.

Where a port clearance is withheld in accordance with the provisions of subsection (3) of this section, the Authority shall pay to the Government any damages, compensation, costs or any expenses whatsoever arising out of the withholding of such port clearance.