Historic wrecks as Salvable Maritime Property

The legal position regarding salvage of historic wreck, being a major form of Malaysia’s underwater cultural heritage, can be examined from the perspective of Merchant Shipping laws. However, the need for cultural and historical preservation is an obvious competing interest that must be considered....

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Main Author:	Mahmud Zuhdi Mohd Nor
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Language:	English
Published:	Fakulti Undang - Undang 2010
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/646/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/646/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/646/1/Historic_Wrecks_As_Salvable_Maritime_Property.doc

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spelling	ukm-6462019-05-14T04:43:55Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/646/ Historic wrecks as Salvable Maritime Property Mahmud Zuhdi Mohd Nor, The legal position regarding salvage of historic wreck, being a major form of Malaysia’s underwater cultural heritage, can be examined from the perspective of Merchant Shipping laws. However, the need for cultural and historical preservation is an obvious competing interest that must be considered. Hence the question whether the law could effectively deal with this issue. This paper examines the status of historic wreck as a salvable maritime property under Malaysian law by looking at core provisions under Merchant Shipping Ordinance 1952 and some of the universally accepted salvage law principles with particular emphasis on the requirements for a successful salvage. This paper suggests that although the Ordinance is ill-suited to deal with the specific concerns of historic wrecks in terms of preservation mechanism, certain mechanism offered are still of practical use. Fakulti Undang - Undang 2010 Article PeerReviewed application/msword en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/646/1/Historic_Wrecks_As_Salvable_Maritime_Property.doc Mahmud Zuhdi Mohd Nor, (2010) Historic wrecks as Salvable Maritime Property. Jurnal Undang-undang, 14 . ISSN 1394-7729 http://ejournal.ukm.my/juum
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description	The legal position regarding salvage of historic wreck, being a major form of Malaysia’s underwater cultural heritage, can be examined from the perspective of Merchant Shipping laws. However, the need for cultural and historical preservation is an obvious competing interest that must be considered. Hence the question whether the law could effectively deal with this issue. This paper examines the status of historic wreck as a salvable maritime property under Malaysian law by looking at core provisions under Merchant Shipping Ordinance 1952 and some of the universally accepted salvage law principles with particular emphasis on the requirements for a successful salvage. This paper suggests that although the Ordinance is ill-suited to deal with the specific concerns of historic wrecks in terms of preservation mechanism, certain mechanism offered are still of practical use.
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title	Historic wrecks as Salvable Maritime Property
title_short	Historic wrecks as Salvable Maritime Property
title_full	Historic wrecks as Salvable Maritime Property
title_fullStr	Historic wrecks as Salvable Maritime Property
title_full_unstemmed	Historic wrecks as Salvable Maritime Property
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publisher	Fakulti Undang - Undang
publishDate	2010
url	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/646/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/646/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/646/1/Historic_Wrecks_As_Salvable_Maritime_Property.doc
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