Repealed1984 Revised EditionCurrent version · 1984 Revised EditionSee versions on Attorney General's Chambers(opens the publisher’s site)
Merchant Shipping Act · 1984 Revised Edition · Part VII
Merchant Shipping Act · 1984 Revised Edition · Part VII
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Where any person finds or takes possession of any wreck within the limits of Brunei or of any wreck found or taken possession of outside the limits of Brunei and brought within the limits of Brunei, he shall -
if he is the owner thereof, give notice to the receiver of the district stating that he has found or
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Merchant Shipping taken possession of the same, and describing the marks by which the same may be recognised;
if he is not the owner thereof, as soon as possible deliver the same to the receiver of the district.
Any person who fails, without reasonable cause, to comply with this section, shall be guilty of an offence:
Penalty, a fine of $2,000, and shall in addition, if he is not the owner, forfeit any claim to salvage, and shall be liable to pay to the owner of the wreck if it is claimed, or if it is unclaimed to the person entitled to the same, double the value thereof, to be recovered in the same way as costs in the Court of a Magistrate.
Part IX