Marginal note:Interfering with saving of wrecked vessel
438 (1) Every one who wilfully prevents or impedes, or who wilfully endeavours to prevent or impede,
(a) the saving of a vessel that is wrecked, stranded, abandoned or in distress, or
(b) a person who attempts to save a vessel that is wrecked, stranded, abandoned or in distress,
is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years.
Marginal note:Interfering with saving of wreck
(2) Every one who wilfully prevents or impedes or wilfully endeavours to prevent or impede the saving of wreck is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction.
- R.S., c. C-34, s. 394
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