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#### 303 Penalty for retaining possession of wreck (1) No person, other than the owner thereof, shall keep possession of any wreck, or fail on demand to deliver it to the receiver or to any person authorized by the receiver to demand it. Penalty: $1,000. (2) The receiver, or any person authorized by the receiver, may take any such wreck by force from any person refusing to deliver it.

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