Merchant Shipping Act 1995 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 7 · Delivery of Goods
128. Discharge of lien
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upon the production to the wharfinger or warehouseman of a receipt for the amount claimed as due, and delivery to the wharfinger or warehouseman of a copy thereof or of a release of freight from the shipowner; and
upon the deposit by the owner of the goods with the wharfinger or warehouseman of a sum of money equal in amount to the sum claimed as aforesaid by the shipowner,but in the latter case, the lien is to be discharged without affecting any other remedy which the shipowner may have for the recovery of the freight.
owner
“owner”, in relation to goods, means every person who is for the time being entitled, either as owner or agent for the owner, to the possession of the goods, subject in the case of a lien (if any) to that lien;