ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Merchant Shipping Act
316. Concealment of wreck
Edition: 2023-12-11 · In force
316. Concealment of wreck
(1)Where a receiver suspects or receives information that a wreck is secreted or in the possession of some person who is not its owner or that a wreck is otherwise improperly dealt with, he may apply to a magistrate for a search warrant and that magistrate shall have power to grant the warrant, and the receiver, by virtue of the warrant may enter any house or other place wherever situated and also any vessel and search for, seize and detain any wreck there found.(2)If the seizure of a wreck is made in consequence of information given by a person to the receiver, the informer shall be entitled, by way of salvage, to such sum as the receiver may allow under instructions from the Director-General.