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Merchant Shipping Act, 1894
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Provision as to wreck found or brought within the United Kingdom.

518. Where any person finds or takes possession of any wreck [1] within the limits of the United Kingdom he shall,—

(a) if he is the owner thereof, give notice to the receiver of the district stating that he has found or taken possession of the same, and describing the marks by which the same may be recognised;

(b) if he is not the owner thereof, as soon as possible deliver the same to the receiver of the district:

and if any person fails, without reasonable cause, to comply with this section, he shall, for each offence, be liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred pounds, and shall in addition, if he is not the owner, forfeit any claim to salvage, and shall be liable to pay to the owner of the wreck if it is claimed, or, if it is unclaimed to the person entitled to the same, double the value thereof, to be recovered in the same way as a fine of a like amount under this Act.

[1 Or found without but taken possession of within the United Kingdom, see 6 Edw. 7. c. 48. s. 72.]