The provisions of the Articles 12 and 13 regarding the officials are also applicable to the President, the deputy presidents, the clerk, the deputy clerk, the regular and the adjunct members and the deputy members of the Maritime Court of the Netherlands.

The master appoints the members of the safety committee in compliance with Article 26 f

1.The causes of shipping disasters which have taken place are investigated on behalf of the state. 2.The investigation consists of a temporary investigation by the Shipping Inspectorate, if necessary followed by an investigation by the Maritime Court of the Netherlands. 3.The temporary investigation is started...

1.With due regard for the requirement in the third paragraph of Article 27, the Head of the Shipping Inspectorate starts an investigation or has this started with regard to any shipping disaster of which he has been informed, by one or more of the officials...

Witnesses and experts, insofar as their employment vis-à-vis the government or Aruba, Curaçao or Sint Maarten does not imply that they render their assistance without any compensation, receive, if desired, a compensation in accordance with the index of tariffs of charges of the courts and...

1.Either upon demand of the Head of the Shipping Inspectorate, or having heard his chief official, the Court may declare by reasoned decision that the master or one or more mates, engineers, radio operators or radio telephonists is incompetent to serve as master, mate, engineer...

The owner or the master is obliged to show the required valid certificates or – in the case as referred to in Article 2bis - the required valid permit upon first request to the officials as referred to in Article 63.