Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Instruments Act 1958 - SECT 67

Grantor of lien not to dispose of crop without consent of lienee

67. Grantor of lien not to dispose of crop without consent of lienee



(1) The grantor of any preferable lien on crop or any other person shall not
sell or dispose of the crop under any such lien or any part of such crop or
the produce of such crop or part otherwise than in the names of both such
grantor and the lienee.

(2) The grantor of any preferable lien on crop or any other person shall not
sell dispose of lease or otherwise encumber or cause to be sold disposed of
leased or otherwise encumbered any of the land whereon such crop or any part
of such crop is growing or not harvested with intent-

   (a)  to defraud such lienee of any of such crop or of the value of such
        crop or of any part of such crop; or

   (b)  to defraud the purchaser mortgagee lessee or other encumbrancer of the
        said land.







(3) No person shall in any way or by any means whatsoever or howsoever
directly or indirectly destroy defeat invalidate or impair any right of any
lienee in the crop mentioned and described in any such registered agreement as
aforesaid or in any part of such crop or in the produce of such crop or part.

(4) Every person who acts in contravention of any of the provisions of this
section shall be guilty of an offence liable for every such offence to a
penalty of not more than 50 penalty units or to imprisonment for a term of not
more than two years or to both such penalty and imprisonment.