Merchant Shipping Act, 1951 (Act No. 57 of 1951)Chapter VI : Special Shipping Enquiries and Courts of Enquiry and Courts of Survey280. 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. |