Merchant Shipping Act : Application to court for formal investigation. Indian Bare Acts :

Merchant Shipping Act,1958

Act No : 44

Section : Application to court for formal investigation.

360. Application to court for formal investigation. The officer appointed under sub-section (2) of section 358, whether he has made a preliminary inquiry or not, may, and, where the Central Government so directs, shall make an application to a court empowered under section 361, requesting it to make a formal investigation into any shipping casualty, and the court shall thereupon make such investigation.