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MERCHANT SHIPPING ACT 1894 - SECT 536

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536.(1) A person shall not without the leave of the master board or endeavour
to board any vessel which is wrecked, stranded, or in distress, unless that
person is, or acts by command of, the receiver or a person lawfully acting as
such, and if any person acts in contravention of this enactment, he shall for
each offence be liable to a fine not exceeding [#200], and the master of the
vessel may repel him by force.

(2) A person shall not

(a)impede or hinder, or endeavour in any way to impede or hinder, the saving
of any vessel stranded or in danger of being stranded, or otherwise in
distress on or near any coast or tidal water, or of any part of the cargo or
apparel thereof, or of any wreck;

(b)secrete any wreck, or deface or obliterate any marks thereon; or

(c)wrongfully carry away or remove any part of a vessel stranded or in danger
of being stranded, or otherwise in distress, on or near any coast or
tidal water, or any part of the cargo or apparel thereof, or any wreck,

Taking wreck to foreign port.

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