Excise revenue to be first charge and recoverable as arrears of land revenue

(1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any law for the time being in force, any amount of excise revenue including all other amounts due to the State Government under this Act from any person shall be the first charge on the property of such person including the distillery, brewery, winery, warehouse, shop, premises, fittings, apparatus and all stocks of liquors or materials for manufacture of the same. (2) All excise revenue including all other amounts due to the State Government under this Act, which remain unpaid after the due date, shall be recoverable as arrears of land revenue under the provisions of the Himachal Pradesh Land Revenue Act, 1954.