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MERCHANT SHIPPING ACT 1894 - SECT 552

As to arbitrators in Ireland.

552.(1) Where salvage is due to any person under this Act, the receiver shall

(a)if the salvage is due in respect of services rendered in assisting any
vessel, or in saving life therefrom, or in saving the cargo or apparel
thereof, detain the vessel and cargo or apparel; and

(b)if the salvage is due in respect of the saving of any wreck, and the wreck
is not sold as unclaimed under the Act, detain the wreck.

(2) Subject as hereinafter mentioned, the receiver shall detain the vessel and
the cargo and apparel, or the wreck (hereinafter referred to as detained
property) until payment is made for salvage, or process is issued for the
arrest or detention thereof by some competent court.

(3) A receiver may release any detained property if security is given to his
satisfaction or, if the claim for salvage exceeds two hundred pounds, and any
question is raised as to the sufficiency of the security, to the satisfaction
in ... Ireland of the High Court, ...

(4) Any security given for salvage in pursuance of this section to an amount
exceeding two hundred pounds may be enforced by such court as aforesaid in the
same manner as if bail had been given in that court.


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