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(1) The following provisions apply in relation to the power and proceedings of a Court of Survey concerning a ship the subject of an action before the Court.

(a) the case shall be heard in open court;

(b) the judge and each assessor may survey the ship and go on board the ship and inspect the machinery equipment and cargo and may require the unloading or removal of any cargo, ballast or tackle, and shall for the purposes have all the powers of a surveyor;

(c) the Court may order the ship to be surveyed and appoint any competent person to survey the ship and report to the Court;

(d) the Judge shall have the same power as the Authority, to order the ship to be released or finally detained but unless one of the assessors agrees with an order for the detention of the ship, the ship shall be released wherever detained; and

(e) the owner or the master of the ship and any person appointed by the owner or master, may attend at an inspection or survey made under of this section.

(2) The Court may make such order with respect to the costs of an inquiry or investigation under this Act as it thinks fit, and the costs is recoverable in the same manner as a judgment debt.