301Examination on oath as to wrecks

#### 301 Examination on oath as to wrecks (1) Where any ship is or has been wrecked, stranded, or in distress within the limits of Australia, a receiver, or in the absence of the receiver a collector or a justice, shall examine on oath any person who is able to give any account thereof as to the following matters (that is to say): (a) the name and description of the ship; (b) the name of the master and of the owners; (c) the names of the owners of the cargo; (d) the ports from and to which the ship was bound; (e) the occasion of the wrecking, stranding, or distress of the ship; (f) the services rendered; and (g) such other matters or circumstances relating to the ship, or to the cargo on board, as the person holding the examination thinks necessary. (2) The person holding the examination shall cause the evidence given at the examination to be taken down in writing and shall send a copy of the evidence so taken down to the Authority. (3) The person holding the examination shall, for the purposes thereof, have all the powers of the Authority under this Act.