Section 142: Life salvage

142. Life salvage (1) Where salvage services are rendered in saving life from any vessel in or outside Mauritius waters, the owner of the vessel, cargo or equipment saved shall pay to the salvor a reasonable amount of salvage. (2) Salvage in respect of the preservation of life, when payable by the owner of a vessel, shall have priority over all other claims for salvage. (3) Salvage shall, under no circumstances, be due from a person whose life has been saved. (4) Where— (a) services are rendered in Mauritius waters in saving life from a vessel of any nationality or elsewhere in saving life from a Mauritius ship; and (b) the vessel and other property are destroyed or the sum to which the salvor is entitled under section 145 (2) is less than a reasonable amount for the services rendered in saving life, the Receiver may, if he thinks fit, pay to the salvor such sum or, as the case may be, such additional sum as he thinks fit in respect of the services rendered in saving life.