(1) If a surveyor making a
survey under this part refuses to give a declaration of survey under section 223 with regard to any ship
or gives a declaration with which the owner or agent or master of the ship surveyed is dissatisfied, the
Central Government may, on the application of the owner, agent or master, and the payment by him
of such fee, not exceeding twice the amount of the fee for the previous survey, as the Central
Government may require, direct any other surveyor to survey the ship.
(2) The surveyor so directed shall forthwith survey the ship, and may, after the survey, either refuse to give a declaration or give such declaration as under the circumstances seems to him proper, and his decision shall, save as otherwise provided in this Act, be final.
(2) The surveyor so directed shall forthwith survey the ship, and may, after the survey, either refuse to give a declaration or give such declaration as under the circumstances seems to him proper, and his decision shall, save as otherwise provided in this Act, be final.