Section 142A of The Customs Act,1962 View Chapter 17

Liability under Act to be first charge.


   1[142A.  Liability under Act to be first charge.--Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any Central Act or State Act, any amount of duty, penalty, interest or any other sum payable by an assessee or any other person under this Act, shall, save as otherwise provided in section 529A of the Companies Act, 1956 (1 of 1956), the Recovery of Debts Due to Banks and the Financial Institutions Act, 1993 (51 of 1993) and 2[the Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and the Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 (54 of 2002) and the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (31 of 2016).]]

1Ins. by Act 8 of 2011, s. 51 (w.e.f. 8-4-2011).

2Subs. by Act 31 of 2016, s. 248, for "and the Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and the Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 (54 of 2002)" (w.e.f. 1-11-2016) vide Notification S.O. No. 3355(E), dated 1-11-2016.