Section 219
of Merchant Shipping Ordinance 1960
Section 219
Where the Receiver of Wreck is not present, the following officers in succession
(each in the absence of the other, in the order in which they are named), namely, the
Commissioner of Police, the Deputy Commissioner of Police any gazetted police officer, any magistrate, any commissioned officer on full pay in the naval service of Her Majesty or commissioned officer on full pay in the military or air force service of Her Majesty, may do everything by this Part authorized to be done by the Receiver of Wreck.
(2)
An officer acting under this section for the Receiver of Wreck shall, with respect to any goods or articles belonging to a vessel the delivery of which to the Receiver of Wreck is required by the Ordinance, be considered as the agent of the Receiver of Wreck, and shall place such goods or articles in the custody of the Receiver of Wreck; but he shall not be entitled to any fees payable to the Receiver of Wreck, or be deprived, by reason of his so acting, of any right to salvage to which he would otherwise be entitled.
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Examination in respect of ships in distress.