Merchant Shipping Act,1958

Act No : 44

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Section : Power of court of investigation to inquire into charges againstmasters, mates and engineers.

362. Power of court of investigation to inquire into charges against masters, mates and engineers. (1) Any court making a formal investigation into a shipping casualty may inquire into any charge of incompetency or misconduct arising, in the course of the investigation, against any master, mate or engineer, as well as into any charge of a wrongful act or default on his part causing the shipping casualty. (2) In every case in which any such charge, whether of incompetency or misconduct, or of a wrongful act or default, as aforesaid, arises against any master, mate or engineer, in the course of an investigation, the court shall, before the commencement of the inquiry, cause to be furnished to him a statement of the case upon which the inquiry has been directed.

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