Singapore legislation

Section 159

of Merchant Shipping Act 1995

Section 159

Unclaimed wreck

(1)

Where no owner establishes a claim to any wreck found in Singapore or to any wreck found or taken possession of outside Singapore and brought within Singapore and in the possession of a receiver within one month after it came into his or her possession, the receiver must sell the wreck, and must pay the proceeds of the sale into the Consolidated Fund, after deducting therefrom the expenses of the sale and any other expenses incurred by him or her and his or her fees and paying there out to the salvors such amount of salvage as the Minister in each case or by any general rule determines.

(2)

Nothing in this section alters the application of any droits of admiralty or droits of the Government.