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Criminal Code Act 1924
171Preventing escape from wreck
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171 Preventing escape from wreck
Any person who unlawfully –
(a) prevents or obstructs any person who is on board, or is escaping from, a vessel which is in distress or wrecked or cast ashore, in his endeavour to save his life; or
(b) obstructs any person in his endeavour to save the life of any person so situated –
is guilty of a crime.
Charge: Preventing escape from a wreck.