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358.   Duties of persons finding wreck

Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

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358.   Duties of persons finding wreck

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    (1)   Where any person finds or takes possession of any wreck within Saint Lucia or brings within Saint Lucia any wreck finding wreck found outside Saint Lucia that person shall, where he or she is the owner of the wreck, give notice to the receiver of the area stating that he or she has found or taken possession or brought such wreck within Saint Lucia, and describing the marks by which the same may be recognised, or where the person is not the owner of the wreck, as soon as possible, deliver the same to the receiver of the area.

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    (2)   The Minister may dispense with a delivery required under subsection (1) in the case of any wreck upon such condition as the Minister thinks fit.

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    (3)   A person who fails without reasonable cause to comply with this section commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 and shall, in addition, if he or she is not the owner, forfeit any claim to salvage and is liable to pay to the owner of the wreck, if the wreck is claimed, or to the government, if the wreck is unclaimed, double the value of the wreck to be recoverable in the same manner as a fine imposed under this Act.

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