373. Convening of Marine Boards outside India.- Whenever- (a) a complaint is made to an Indian consular officer or senior officer of any ship of the Indian Navy in the vicinity (hereinafter referred to as naval official) by the master or any member of the crew of an Indian ship and such complaint appears to the Indian ship and such complaint appears to the Indian consular officer or naval officer, as the case may be, to require immediate investigation; or (b) the interest of the owner of an Indian ship or of the cargo thereof appears to an Indian consular officer or naval officer, as the case maybe to require it; or (c) a complaint is made to an Indian consular officer or an Indian consular officer against the master or any of the officers of an Indian ship; or (d) any Indian ship is lost, abandoned or stranded at or neat the place where an Indian consular officer or naval officer maybe or whenever the crew or part of the crew of any Indian ship which has been lost, abandoned or stranded arrives at that place; or (e) any loss of life or any serious injury to any person has occurred on board an Indian ship at or near that place; the Indian consular officer or the naval officer, as the case maybe, may, in his discretion, convene a Board of Marine Inquiry to investigate the said complaint or allegation or the matter affecting the said interest or the cause of the loss, abandonment or the stranding of the ship or of the loss of life or of the injury to the person. | 
