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No reward payable in certain circumstances. 
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32.—(1) Salvage operations rendered notwithstanding the express and reasonable prohibition of— 
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(a) the owner or master of the vessel, or 
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(b) the owner of any other property in danger which is not and has not been on board the vessel, 
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shall not give rise to the payment of a reward under this Part. 
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(2) Nothing in this section shall be construed as giving a defence in any criminal or civil proceedings to any person undertaking salvage operations to which this section relates. 
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