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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

286. Transmission to Authority of record and decision of court of marine enquiry, maritime court, or court of survey

 

(1) The presiding officer of a court of marine enquiry, maritime court of court of survey or body of experts to whoman appeal has been referred under section two hundred and eighty-two, or, if an appeal has been referred to only one expert that expert shall, at the conclusion of the investigation or hearing transmit to the Authority the notes of evidence and as many copies as the Authority may require of the record of the proceedings and the report and decisions; and any member of the court or any one of the experts who dissents from any decision may attach to the record his written reasons for so dissenting, and the presiding officer shall transmit such written reasons with the record.

 

(2) When the investigation affects a master or member of the crew of a ship other than a South African ship the Authority shall transmit a copy of the court's finding or decision, together with the notes of the evidence, to the proper authority in the country where the ship is registered.

[Section 286(2) substituted by section 22 of  Act No. 18 of 1992]