Section 333: Preventing escape from wreck

Any person who unlawfully‐
(1) prevents or obstructs any person who is on board of, or is escaping from a vessel
which is in distress or wrecked, in his endeavours to save his life; or
(2) obstructs any person in his endeavours to save the life of any person so situated, is
guilty of a felony and is liable to imprisonment for life.