Merchant Shipping Act · s 151

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s 151

Where no owner establishes a claim to any wreck found in Brunei or to any wreck found or taken possession of outside Brunei and brought within Brunei, and in the possession of a receiver within one month after it came into his possession, the receiver shall sell the same, and shall pay the proceeds of the sale into the Consolidated Fund, after deducting therefrom the expenses of the sale and any other expenses incurred by him and his fees and paying thereout to the salvors such amount of salvage as His Majesty in each case or by any general rule determines.