Section 39, The Merchant Shipping Act, 2003

surveyors. (1) The Administration may appoint duly qualified persons within or outside Sierra Leone as surveyors to surveyand measure ships under and for the purposes of this Act. (2) The Minister, on the advice of the Administration, may by Government Notice nominate within or outside Sierra Leone a classification society or organization for the purpose of surveying ships. (3) A classification society or organisation so nominated may appoint competent persons to survey and measure