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No. 10 of 1899.
MERCHANT SHIPPING.
[s. 19 contd.]
Cases for inquiry, and jurisdiction
of court.
(c) when on or near the coasts of the Colony any British 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 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 ship has been stranded or damaged, and any witness is found in the Colony; and
(g) when any British ship has been lost or is supposed to have been lost, and any evidence is obtainable in the Colony as to the circumstances in which such ship proceeded to sea or was last heard of.
(5) In any of the following cases!
(a) where a casualty occurs to a British ship on or near the coasts of the Colony or to a British ship in the course of a c. 60, s. 478. voyage to the Colony;
57 & 58 Vict.
(b) where a casualty occurs in any part of the world to a ship registered in the Colony;
(c) where some of the crew of a British ship to which a casualty has occurred, and who are competent witnesses to the facts, are found in the Colony;
(d) where the incompetency or misconduct has occurred on board a British ship on or near the coasts of the Colony, or on board a British ship in the course of a voyage to the Colony;
(e) where the incompetency or misconduct has occurred on board a ship registered in the Colony; and
(f) where the master, mate or engineer of a British ship who is charged with incompetency or misconduct on board that ship is found in the Colony,
it shall be lawful for such court to make investigation respecting such casualty and to hear and inquire into any such charge of incompetency or misconduct, and for such purposes the court shall have the same jurisdiction over the matter in question as if it had occurred within its ordinary jurisdiction, but subject
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