Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts

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Merchant Shipping Act (No. 52 of 1971) - Sect 271

Power to arrest witnesses and enter ships

271. If any Court making an investigation or inquiry under this Part thinks it necessary for obtaining evidence that any person should be arrested, it may issue a warrant for his arrest and may for the purpose of effecting the arrest authorize any officer, subject, nevertheless to any general or special instructions from the Director, to enter any vessel, and any officer so authorized may, for the purpose of enforcing the entry, call to his aid any officer of police or customs or any other person.


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