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Section 220: Assault on wreck protectors carries 7-year prison term

220.Assaults on persons protecting wreck

Any person who assaults and strikes or wounds any magistrate, officer or other person lawfully authorised in or on account of the execution of his or her duty in or concerning the preservation of any vessel in distress, or of any vessel or goods or effects wrecked, stranded or cast on shore, or lying under water, commits a felony and is liable, on conviction, to imprisonment for a term of seven years.

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You must not assault, strike, or wound any magistrate, officer, or authorized person who is lawfully performing their duty to preserve a vessel in dis...

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