Section 394
Power of receiver of wreck to suppress, plunder and disorder by force.
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.
Whenever a
vessel is wrecked, stranded or in distress as aforesaid, and any person plunders, creates disorder or
obstructs the preservation of the vessel or of the shipwrecked persons or of the cargo or equipment of
the vessel, the receiver of wreck may take such steps and use such force as he may consider necessary
for the suppression of any such plundering, disorder or obstruction, and may for that purpose
command any person to assist him.