Section 146

Where a vessel is wrecked, stranded or in distress at any place on or near the coasts of Brunei, or any tidal water within the limits of Brunei, any cargo or other articles belonging to or separated from the vessel which are washed on shore or otherwise lost or taken from the vessel shall be delivered to the receiver.

Any person, whether the owner or not, who sec-retes or keeps possession of any such cargo or article, or refuses to deliver the same to the receiver or any person authorised by him to demand the same, shall be guilty of an offence: Penalty, a fine of $2,000.

The receiver or any person authorised may take any such cargo or article by force from the person so refus-ing to deliver the same.