311. Apportionment of salvage by High Court

Whenever the aggregate amount of salvage payable in respect of salvage service rendered in Singapore has been finally ascertained and exceeds $1,000, and whenever the aggregate amount of salvage payable in respect of salvage services rendered elsewhere has been finally ascertained, whatever that amount may be, then, if any delay or dispute arises as to the apportionment thereof, the High Court —

may cause the amount to be apportioned amongst the persons entitled thereto in such manner as it thinks just, and may for that purpose, if it thinks fit, appoint any person to carry that apportionment into effect;

may compel any person in whose hands or under whose control the amount may be to distribute the amount or to bring the amount into Court to be there dealt with as the Court directs; and

may for the purposes aforesaid issue such processes as it thinks fit.[333