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| (1) Where any person finds or takes possession of any wreck within Ceylon, or of any wreck found or taken possession of outside Ceylon and brought within Ceylon, he shall-
| | (a) if he is the owner thereof, give notice to the receiver of the district in which such wreck may be stating that he has found or taken possession of such wreck and describing the marks by which the wreck may be recognized; or | | |
| | (b) if he is not the owner thereof, as soon as possible deliver the wreck to the receiver of such district. | | |
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| (2) Any person who fails, without reasonable cause, to comply with the provisions of sub-section (1) relating to any wreck shall be guilty of an offence and on conviction thereof shall be liable to a fine not exceeding two thousand rupees, and in addition shall, if he is not the owner thereof,-
| | (a) forfeit any claim to salvage in respect thereof; | | |
| | (b) be liable to pay to the owner of the wreck, if it is claimed, or if it is unclaimed to the person entitled thereto, double the value of wreck, to be recovered in the same way as a fine of like amount under this Act. | | |
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