in MCA Oral Exam Questions

What is the master of a UK ship allowed to do to people boarding or attempting to board without his permission if his ship has been wrecked or stranded, or is in distress?

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Under section 246(4) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995, he may forcibly repel them.

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