Section 135
( 1)
of Merchant Shipping Order, 2002
A judge or magistrate holding a formal investigation into a casualty under section 134 shall conduct it in accordance with the regulations made under section 137, and those regulations shall require the assistance of one or more assessors and, if any question as to the cancellation or suspension of an officer's certificate is likely to arise, the assistance of not less than 2 assessors.
(2)
The judge or magistrate holding the formal investigation shall have all the powers of a Court of a Magistrate and shall also have all the powers of an inspector under this Order.
(3)
If as a result of the investigation the judge or magistrate is satisfied, with respect to any officer, of any of the matters mentioned in paragraphs (a), (b)
and (c) of subsection (1) of section 133 and, if it is a matter mentioned in paragraph fa} or {b) of subsection (1) of that section, is further satisfied that it caused or contributed to the casualty, he may cancel or suspend any certificate issued or deemed to be issued to the officer in accordance with the regulations made under section 4 7 or censure him; and if he cancels or suspends the certificate, the officer shall deliver the certificate forthwith to him or the Director.
(4)
The judge or magistrate may make such order as to the costs of the investigation as he thinks just and shall make a report on the case to His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan.
(5)
His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan may, if in any case His
Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan thinks fit so to do, order the costs of any such investigation to be paid out of the Consolidated Fund.
Re-hearing of and appeal from inquiries and investigations.