Section 220
of Merchant Shipping Ordinance 1960
Section 220
Where any ship, British, North Borneo or foreign, is or has been in distress on the coasts of North Borneo, the Receiver of Wreck, or in the absence of the Receiver of Wreck a
Magistrate, shall, as soon as conveniently may be, examine on oath (and they are hereby respectively empowered to administer the oath) any person belonging to the ship, or any other person who may be able to give any account thereof or of the cargo or stores thereof, as to the following matters, that is to say –
(a)
the name and description of the ship;
(b)
the name of the master and of the owners;
(c)
the names of the owners of the cargo;
(d)
the ports from and to which the ship was bound;
(e)
the occasion of the distress of the ship;
(f)
the services rendered;
(g)
such other matters or circumstances relating to the ship, or the cargo on board the same, as the person holding the examination thinks necessary.
(2)
The person holding the examination shall take the same down in writing and shall send two copies thereof to the Director; and the Director shall cause one of those copies to be placed in some conspicuous place for the inspection of persons desirous of examining the same, and, shall otherwise give such publicity thereto as he considers necessary, and shall transmit the other copy to the secretary of Lloyd’s in London.
(3)
The person holding the examination shall, for the purposes thereof have all the powers of an inspector under this Ordinance.
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