Wreck and Salvage Act, 1996 (Act No. 94 of 1996)14. Interfering with wrecked ship or aircraft |
| (1) | No unauthorised person shall board any ship or aircraft wrecked, stranded or in distress without the leave of the person in charge of such ship or aircraft, and any person boarding such ship or aircraft without permission may be repelled by reasonable force. |
| (2) | No person shall— |
| (a) | impede or hinder the saving of any ship stranded or in danger of being stranded, or otherwise in distress, or of any life from any such ship, or of any wreck; |
| (b) | secrete any wreck, or deface or obliterate any marks thereon; or |
| (c) | wrongfully carry away or remove any wreck. |