Section 164
Section 164
(1)
Where salvage is due to any person under this
Act, the receiver shall -
(a)
if the salvage is due in respect of services rendered in assisting any vessel, or in saving life therefrom, or in saving the cargo or apparel there-of, detain the vessel and cargo or apparel; and
(b)
if the salvage is due in respect of the saving of any wreck, and the wreck is not sold as un-claimed under the Act, detain the wreck.
(2)
Subject as hereinafter mentioned, the receiver shall detain the vessel and the cargo and apparel, or the wreck (hereinafter referred to as "detained property"), un-til payment is made for salvage or process is issued for the arrest or detention thereof by the High Court.
(3)
A receiver may release any detained property if security is given to his satisfaction or, if the claim for salvage exceeds $1,000 and any question is raised as to the sufficien-cy of the security, to the satisfaction of a Registrar.
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Merchant Shipping
( 4) Any security given for salvage in pursuance of this section to an amount exceeding $1,000 may be enforced by the High Court in the same manner as if bail had been given in that court.