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Merchant Shipping Order, 2002 · As enacted · Part IX · Inquiries and Investigations
Merchant Shipping Order, 2002 · As enacted · Part IX · Inquiries and Investigations
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Where any of the following casualties has occurred-
the loss or presumed loss, stranding, grounding, abandonment of
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or damage to a ship;
a loss of life or serious personal injury caused by fire on board or by an accident to a ship or ship's boat, or by an accident occurring on board a ship or ship's boat; or
any damage caused by a ship, and, at the time it occurred, the ship was registered in Brunei Darussalam or the ship or boat was in Brunei Darussalam -
the Minister may cause a preliminary inquiry into the casualty to be held by a person appointed by him; and
{ii)
His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan may {whether or not a preliminary inquiry into the casualty has been held)
cause a formal investigation into the casualty to be held by a judge or magistrate appointed by His Majesty the Sultan and
Yang Di-Pertuan.
A person appointed under this section to hold a preliminary inquiry shall for the purpose of the inquiry have the powers conferred on an inspector by section 202.
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Formal investigations into shipping casualties.
ship
"ship" means any kind of vessel used in navigation by water, however propelled or moved and includes - (a} a barge, lighter or other floating vessel; and (b) an air cushion vehicle, or other similar craft, used wholly or primarily in navigation by water;
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