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MERCHANT SHIPPING ACT 1894 - SECT 546

Salvage payable for saving life.

546. Where any vessel is wrecked, stranded, or in distress at any place on or
near the coasts of the United Kingdom or any tidal water within the limits of
the United Kingdom, and services are rendered by any person in assisting that
vessel or saving the cargo or apparel of that vessel or any part thereof, and
where services are rendered by any person other than a receiver in saving any
wreck, there shall be payable to the salvor by the owner of the vessel, cargo,
apparel, or wreck, a reasonable amount of salvage to be determined in case of
dispute in manner hereinafter mentioned.

Salvage of life from foreign vessels.



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