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Merchant Shipping Act 1970
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65Custody, etc. of property of deceased seamen
(1)The Board of Trade may make regulations providing for the custody of and dealing with—
(a)any property left on board a ship registered in the United Kingdom by a seaman dying while or after being employed in the ship ;
(b)any property left in a country outside the United Kingdom by a seaman dying while or within six months after being employed in such a ship ; and
(c)any property left in a country outside the United Kingdom by a citizen of the United Kingdom and colonies dying while or within six months after being employed as a seaman in a ship registered outside the United Kingdom;
until it is disposed of by or under the directions of the Board of Trade; and for the recovery by the Board of Trade of any wages which, at the time of a seaman's death, were due to him in respect of his employment in a ship registered in the United Kingdom.
(2)Regulations under this section may require the recording of particulars and the rendering of accounts and may enable the Board of Trade or any person having custody of any such property to sell it by auction or otherwise and account for the proceeds.
(3)Regulations under this section may make a contravention of any provision thereof an offence punishable on summary conviction with a fine not exceeding £100.
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