Section 143: Salvage of cargo
consolidated text (as at 2011, amended since). juris shows the text as it was consolidated; it does not confirm that this is the law in force today.
143. Salvage of cargo
(1) Where a vessel is wrecked, stranded or in distress in Mauritius waters
and services are rendered—
(a) by any person assisting the vessel or saving the cargo or equipment of the vessel; or
(b) by a person other than the Receiver in saving any wreck,
the owner of the vessel, cargo, equipment or wreck shall pay to the salvor a
reasonable amount of salvage.
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(2) A salvor of human life, who has participated in services rendered in
the event of a maritime casualty giving rise to salvage, shall be entitled to a
fair share of the remuneration awarded to the salvor for salving the vessel or
other property or preventing or minimising damage to the environment.