Merchant Shipping Act (Cap. 234)
Merchant Shipping Act (Cap. 234), article 51
51. Where debts of a nature similar to the ones mentioned in
paragraphs (a) to (p), both inclusive, of article 50 shall have been
contracted in different ports, or on the occasion of several forced
returns to the same port, the priority established by the said article
shall be observed with regard to the several debts contracted on the
occasion of each arrival or return, but the debts contracted on the
occasion of a subsequent arrival or return shall have preference
over those contracted on the occasion of a former arrival or return.
Privileges of seller
to be registered.
Substituted by:
XXXVII.1988.27.
Amended by:
XXII. 2000. 35;
I.2025.29.
Cap. 16.
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