Versions of s. 508(1)

A naval court shall consist of not more than five and not less than three members, of whom, if possible, one shall be an officer in the naval service of Her Majesty in right of any Commonwealth country not below the rank of lieutenant, one a consular officer and one a master of a British merchant ship, and the rest shall be either officers in the naval service of Her Majesty in that right, masters of British merchant ships or British merchants, and the court may include the officer that summons the court, but shall not include the master or consignee of the ship to which the parties complaining or complained against belong.