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CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 522 Possession of shipwrecked goods

CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 522

Possession of shipwrecked goods

522 Possession of shipwrecked goods

Whosoever in whose possession any article belonging to a vessel in distress, or wrecked, stranded, or cast on shore, has been found, on being summoned before the Local Court, fails to satisfy them that he or she came lawfully by the same, shall be liable to imprisonment for six months, or to pay a fine of 5 penalty units, or both--

And such article shall, by the order of the Local Court, be delivered to or for the use of the owner.