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

Every witness summoned by a person appointed under section two hundred and sixty-four to make a preliminary enquiry or by 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 upon section two hundred and eighty-two shall be paid such expenses as would be allowed to any witness attending or subpoenaed to give evidence in a civil case before a magistrate's court.