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MARITIME CONVENTIONS ACT 1911 - SECT 6

6.(1) The master or person in charge of a vessel shall, so far as he can do so
without serious danger to his own vessel, her crew and passengers (if any),
render assistance to every person, even if such person be a subject of a
foreign State at war with His Majesty, who is found at sea in danger of being
lost, and, if he fails to do so, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanour.

(2) Compliance by the master or person in charge of a vessel with the
provisions of this section shall not affect his right or the right of any
other person to salvage.

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