Merchant Shipping Act : Power to arrest witnesses and enter ships. Indian Bare Acts :

Merchant Shipping Act,1958

Act No : 44

Section : Power to arrest witnesses and enter ships.

367. Power to arrest witnesses and enter ships. If any court making an investigation or inquiry under this Part thinks it necessary for obtaining evidence that any person should be arrested, it may issue a warrant for his arrest, and may, for the purpose of effecting the arrest, authorise any officer, subject nevertheless, to any general or special instructions from the Central Government, to enter any vessel, and any officer so authorised may, for the purpose of enforcing the entry, call to his aid any officer of police or customs or any other person.