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Wreck and Salvage Act, 1996 (Act No. 94 of 1996)

 

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1. Definitions

2. Application and interpretation of Convention

3. Court trying salvage claim may be assisted by assessors

4. Application to aircraft

5. Obligation to assist ships in distress

6. Duty to render assistance to persons in danger at sea

7. Duty of masters of ships in collision to render assistance

8. Salvage officers

9. Payment of allowances to salvage officers

10. Exercise of powers in absence of salvage officer

11. Investigation concerning ships wrecked, stranded or in distress

12. Powers to pass over adjoining lands

13. Power of salvage officer to suppress plunder and disorder

14. Interfering with wrecked ship or aircraft

15. Salvage payable for saving life

16. Salvage payable by Commissioner for Customs and Excise

17. Detention of wreck until salvage is paid

18. Powers of Authority in respect of certain wrecks and ships

19. Agreement to forfeit right to salvage is void

20. Restrictions on assignment of salvage

21. Regulations

22. Offences and penalties

23. Declaration of wreck to be a monument

24. Act to bind State

25. Amendment of section 1 of Act 105 of 1983, as amended by section 1 of Act 87 of 1992

26. Amendment of section 134 of Act 57 of 1951

27. Amendment of section 135 of Act 57 of 1951, as amended by section 6 of Act No. 18 of 1992

28. Repeal of sections 234, 258, 293 to 306, 330 and 331 of Act No. 57 of 1951

29. Amendment of section 344 of Act No. 57 of 1951

30. Substitution of section 345 of Act No. 57 of 1951, as amended by section 57 of Act No. 40 of 1963

31. Short title and commencement

Schedule : International Convention on Salvage, 1989