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Merchant Shipping Act, 1951 (Act No. 57 of 1951)

Chapter VI : Special Shipping Enquiries and Courts of Enquiry and Courts of Survey

280. Procedure at court of marine enquiry or maritime court or court of survey

 

(1) A court of marine enquiry, a maritime court or a court of survey, or an expert or experts to whom an appeal has been referred under section two hundred and eighty-two may, subject to the provisions of this Act, determine the procedure to be followed at the investigation or the hearing of the appeal.

 

(2) Every such investigation shall, unless the court decide otherwise, be held in open court, and the hearing of every such appeal shall be held in open court; and the decision or finding shall, at the conclusion of the investigation or hearing, or as soon afterwards as possible, be delivered in open court.