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| (1) Subject to sub-section (4), where-
an inquiry into the cause of death shall be held by the Shipping Officer or the proper officer at the next port where the ship calls after the death and where there is a Shipping Officer or proper officer, or at such other port as the Director may direct. | | (a) any person dies in a ship registered in Ceylon; or | | |
| | (b) the master or a seaman employed in such a ship dies in a country outside Ceylon, | | |
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| (2) The Shipping Officer or proper officer holding an inquiry under sub-section (1) shall for the purposes of the inquiry have the powers conferred on an inspector by section 314. |
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| (3) The officer holding the inquiry under subsection (1) shall make a report of his findings to the Director, and the Director shall, on request, make a copy of the report available to the next of kin of the deceased person or to any other person who appears to the Director to be interested. |
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| (4) No inquiry shall be held under sub-section (1) in a case where an inquest or inquiry into death is to be held or made under any law for the time being in force relating to inquests or criminal procedure. |
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| (5) In this section " proper officer " means, in relation to a port outside Ceylon, a Consular officer of Ceylon. |
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