Versions of s. 616(2)

Historical text comes from the Justice Laws point-in-time corpus and is unofficial — not the official version.

2003-01-01 to present available View Source

A shipping master or a person appointed by the Minister has, for the purpose of an inquiry under this section, the powers of an officer or person appointed to make a preliminary inquiry under Part VI, and if in the course of an inquiry it appears to the shipping master or person that a death has been caused on board the ship by violence or other improper means, he shall report the matter to the Minister, and, if the emergency of the case so requires, shall take immediate steps for bringing the offender or offenders to justice.