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(1) Where a vessel is wrecked, stranded or in distress in Ghanaian waters or on the shores of Ghana, any cargo or other articles belonging to or separated from the vessel which are washed ashore or otherwise lost or taken from the vessel shall be delivered to a receiver.

(2) Any person whether the owner or not of any cargo or article referred to in subsection (1) who conceals or keeps possession of any cargo or article or refuses to deliver any such cargo or article to the receiver or any person authorized by the receiver to demand the cargo or article, commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding 250 penalty units or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both.

(3) A receiver or a person authorized by the receiver to demand the delivery to the receiver or authorised person of any cargo or article referred to in subsection (1) may take the cargo or article by force from the person refusing to deliver it to the receiver or authorised person.