Wreck and Salvage Act, 1996 (Act No. 94 of 1996)

3. Court trying salvage claim may be assisted by assessors

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The court in which proceedings for a claim relating to salvage have been instituted may, in its discretion, appoint one or more assessors acting only in an advisory capacity, and those assessors shall be impartial persons who are conversant with maritime affairs.