Officers to exercise powers of Receiver in his absence

(1) During the absence of the Receiver from the place where any such accident as aforesaid occurs, or in places where no Receiver has been appointed under this Act, the following officers in succession, each in the absence of the other, in the order in which they are named, that is to say, (a) any officer of the Port Authority, any comptroller, or other principal officer of customs or inland revenue; (b) any magistrate of a district; (c) any justice of the peace; (d) any commissioned officer on full pay in the naval wing of the Belize Defence Force; (e) any commissioned officer on full pay in the Belize Defence Force; may do all matters and things authorised to be done by a 9 (2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1) of this section, with respect to any goods or articles belonging to any such ship or boat, the delivery up of which to the Receiver is required by section 6, any officer so acting shall be considered as the agent of the Receiver, and shall place them in the custody of the Receiver. (3) No person acting as substitute for any Receiver pursuant to this section shall be entitled to any fees payable to Receivers, or be deprived by reason of his so acting of any right to salvage to which he would otherwise be entitled.