Section 360
Application to court for formal investigation.
The Merchant Shipping Act, 1958
About this Act
An Act to foster the development and ensure the efficient maintenance of an Indian mercantile marine in a manner best suited to serve the national interests and for that purpose to establish a National Shipping Board to provide for the registration, certification, safety and security of Indian ships and generally to amend and consolidate the law relating to merchant shipping.
The officer appointed under sub-section
(2) of section 358, whether he has made a preliminary inquiry or not, may, and, where the Central
Government so directs, shall make an application to a court empowered under section 361, requesting
it to make a formal investigation into any shipping casualty, and the court shall thereupon make such
investigation.