Section 185
Assignment or sale of salvage invalid.
The Merchant Shipping Act, 1958
About this Act
An Act to foster the development and ensure the efficient maintenance of an Indian mercantile marine in a manner best suited to serve the national interests and for that purpose to establish a National Shipping Board to provide for the registration, certification, safety and security of Indian ships and generally to amend and consolidate the law relating to merchant shipping.
Subject to the provisions of this Act, an
assignment of salvage payable to a seaman or apprentice made prior to the accruing thereof shall not
bind the person making the same, and a power-of-attorney or authority for the receipt of any such
salvage shall not be irrevocable.