Section 169

if the salvage is due in respect of services rendered in assisting any ship, or in saving life therefrom, or in saving the cargo or apparel thereof, detain the ship and cargo or apparel; and 476

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if the salvage is due in respect of the saving of any wreck, and the wreck is not sold as unclaimed under this Order, detain the wreck.

Subject to subsection (3), the receiver shall detain the ship and the cargo and apparel, or the wreck (referred to in this Order as detained property), until payment is made for salvage or process is issued for the arrest or detention thereof by the High Court.

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 sufficiency of the security, to the satisfaction of a judge of the High Court.

Any security given for salvage under 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.

Sale of detained property.