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Where there is an allegation that a seafarer

(a) is suffering from a habit or a mental or physical condition that renders him unfit to be a seafarer;

(b) is guilty of dishonesty, incompetence or misconduct in the performance of his functions as a seafarer; or

(c) procured his certificate of competency as a result of a misleading, false or fraudulent misrepresentation, the Authority may appoint a board of inquiry of two or three persons, one of whom shall be a Senior Officer of a ship, to enquire into the allegation and report its findings with its recommendations in writing to the Authority.