Marine Traffic Act, 1981 (Act No. 2 of 1981)

6. Ships and wreckage not to be sunk or abandoned

Purchase

(1)	No person shall within the territorial waters or internal waters intentionally—

(a)	sink, dump or dispose of, or cause to be sunk, dumped or disposed of, a ship, a wreck or a hulk except at a place agreed to by the Authority; or

(b)	abandon a ship which is not in distress, a wreck, a hulk or an object which may interfere with navigation.

[Section 6(1) substituted by section 6 of Act No. 5 of 1983]

(2)	Any person who contravenes the provisions of subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence.