Clause 31

Subsection (1) of section 361 of the principal Ordinance is hereby amended by deleting the first four lines thereof and substituting therefor the following: —“(1) Where any vessel is sunk, stranded or abandoned within the territorial waters of the State of Singapore but outside the limits of any port or of the Admiralty Waters within the meaning of the Admiralty Waters Ordinance (Cap. 72), in such manner as, in the opinion of the receiver, to be or likely to become an obstruction or danger to navigation, that receiver may —”.