Merchant Shipping Act (Cap. 234)

Merchant Shipping Act (Cap. 234), article 51

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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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