Malaysia legislation
Section 221
Section 221
Where any person finds or takes possession of any wreck within North Borneo, or finds or takes possession of any wreck outside those limits and brings it within those limits, he shall
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(a)
if he is the owner of the wreck, give notice to the Receiver of Wreck, stating that he has found or taken possession of the same, and describing the marks by which the same may be recognised; or
(b)
if he is not the owner of the wreck, as soon as possible deliver it to the Receiver of Wreck;
and, if any person fails, without reasonable cause, to comply with this section, he shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable to a fine of two thousand dollars; 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 Governor, double the value thereof:
Provided that this section shall have no application to the salvage, under the authority of the Chief Secretary, of any war time wreck lying in North Borneo at the commencement of this
Ordinance.
Penalty for taking wreck at time of casualty.