Section 483: Convening of Maritime Boards outside Pakistan. Whenever, outside Pakistan

483. Convening of Maritime Boards outside Pakistan. Whenever, outside Pakistan— (a) a complaint is made to a Pakistan consular officer, or a senior officer of any ship of the Pakistan Navy in the vicinity hereinafter referred to as “naval officer”, by the master or any member of the crew of a Pakistani ship, and such complaint appears to the Pakistan consular officer or naval officer, as the case may be, to require immediate inquiry; or (b) the interests of the-owner of a Pakistani ship or if the cargo thereof appears to a Pakistan consular officer or naval officer, as the case may be, to require such inquiry; or (c) an allegation of incompetency or misconduct is made to a Pakistan consular officer of navel officer against the master, mate or an engineer of a Pakistani ship; or (d) any Pakistani ship is lost, abandoned or stranded at or near the place where a Pakistan consular officer or a naval officer may be, or whenever the crew, or part of the crew, of any Pakistani ship which has been lost, abandoned or stranded arrives at that place; or (e) any loss of life or any serious injury to any person occurred on board a Pakistani ship at or near that place. The Pakistan consular officer or naval officer, as the case may be, may, in his discretion, convene a Maritime Board to inquire into the said complaint or allegation or the matter affecting the said interest or the cause of the loss, abandonment or the stranding of the ship, or of the loss if life or of the injury to the person.

Effective date: 2001-01-01

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