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Section 100: Duty to give assistance following collision

Merchant Shipping Act · PART V: SAFETY OF NAVIGATION

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100. Duty to give assistance following collision (1) In every case of collision between ships, the master of each ship shall, so far as he can do so without damage to his own ship, crew and passengers, if any— (a) render to every other ship, the master, crew and passengers, if any, such assistance as may be practicable and necessary to save them from any danger by the collision, and stand by the other ship until he has ascertained that such ship has no need for further assistance; and (b) give the master of every ship the name and port of registration of his ship, and the names of the ports from which his ship sailed and to which his ship is bound. (2) Subsection (1) shall apply to the master of a Mauritius ship anywhere and to the master of a foreign ship when in Mauritius waters.

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