Section 229

If any person being the owner of any vessel or any wrecked, submerged, sunken or stranded vessel, or the duly authorized agent or servant of such owner, is desirous of breaking up such vessel prior to removal thereof from North Borneo, such person shall, before commencing salvage or breaking up operations, obtain the written permission of the Receiver of Wreck who shall be entitled to grant such permission and in his discretion to require security in such reasonable amount as he may consider necessary to ensure the effective removal of such vessel, or any portion thereof, from North Borneo.