(1) The High Court is a Court of Survey for a port in Ghana and shall for that purpose consist of a High Court Judge sitting with two assessors appointed for each case by the Chief Justice.

(2) The assessors shall be persons with nautical, engineering or other special skill and experience, one of whom shall be nominated by the Authority or, in the case of a foreign ship, by the consular officer of the country to which the ship belongs who is at or near the port, where the cause of action has arisen.