400. Prohibition of certain acts in respect of wreck.- No person shall- (a) without the leave of the master board or attempt to board any vessel which is wrecked, standard or in distress as aforesaid, unless the person is, or acts by command of, the receiver of wreck; or (b) impede or hinder or attempt in any way to impede or hinder the saving of any vessel standard or in danger of being stranded or otherwise in distress on or near the coasts of India or of any part of the cargo or equipment of the vessel, or of any wreck; or (c) secrete any wreck or deface or obliterate any marks thereon; or (d) wrongfully carry away or remove any part of a vessel stranded or in danger of being stranded or otherwise in distress, on or near the coasts of India, or any part of the cargo or equipment of the vessel or any wreck. | 
