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#### 314 Offences as to wreck A person commits an offence if the person engages in conduct, and the conduct results in: (a) the impeding of the saving of any ship stranded or in distress, or of any wreck; or (b) the secreting of any wreck, or the defacing or obliteration of any marks on any wreck; or (c) the wrongful removal of any wreck. Penalty: $2,000.

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