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(s. 19 contd.)
Unofficial members of Court to be
No. 10 of 1899.
MERCHANT SHIPPING.
President of the Court, and at least one shall be a commissioned officer in the Royal Navy, and the remainder masters of the British mercantile marine, or such persons of nautical, engineering, or other special skill or knowledge as the Governor may appoint: Provided always that where any investigation involves or appears likely to involve any question as to the cancellation or suspension of the certificate of a master, mate, or engineer, the Court shall include not less than 2 members having experience in the merchant service.
(3) Each of the unofficial members of such Court shall be paid, out of the Treasury, the sum of 10 dollars a day, or such other sum as the Governor may, in any special case, direct, during each day that the Court sits.
Enumeration of shipping casualties. M. S. Act, 1894, s. 464.
Cases for inquiry, and jurisdiction of Court.
ib. s. 478.
(4) For the purpose of an investigation under this Part, a shipping casualty shall be deemed to occur,
(a) when on or near the coasts of the Colony any British or colonial ship is lost, abandoned or materially damaged;
(b) when on or near the coasts of the Colony any British or colonial ship has been stranded or damaged, and any witness is found in the Colony;
(c) when on or near the coasts of the Colony any British or colonial ship causes loss or material damage to any other ship;
(d) when any loss of life ensues by reason of any casualty happening to or on board any British or colonial ship on or near the coasts of the Colony;
(e) when in any place any such loss, abandonment, material damage, or casualty as above mentioned has occurred, and any witness is found in the Colony;
(f) when in any place any British or colonial ship has been stranded or damaged, and any witness is found in the Colony; and
(g) when any British or colonial ship has been lost or is supposed to have been lost, and any evidence is obtainable in the Colony as to the circumstances under which she proceeded to sea or was last heard of.
(5) In any of the following cases,
(a) where a shipwreck or casualty occurs to a British or colonial ship on or near the coasts of the Colony or to a British or colonial ship in the course of a voyage to the Colony;
(b) where a shipwreck or casualty occurs in any part of the world to a ship registered in the Colony;
(6) ...
remunerated.
guilt that...