Section 217Part 6 — Offences Against the Person
Assault on person protecting wreck
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217. A person who assaults and strikes or wounds any magistrate or constable or other officer or person lawfully authorised in or on account of the execution of that person’s duty in or concerning the preservation of any vessel, hovercraft or aircraft in distress or of any vessel, hovercraft or aircraft or goods or effects wrecked stranded or cast on any land or shore, or lying under water commits an offence and is liable to imprisonment for seven years.
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wreck