Minister may appoint Wreck Commissioner

(1) Where it appears to the Minister that any matter needs to be investigated concerning any wreck within Belize or the recovery or possession of any articles comprising the same, he may appoint by instrument a Commissioner of Wreck to investigate such matter and to submit a report to him in writing. (2) For the purpose of making investigations, the Commissioner of Wreck shall have all the powers of a magistrate, including the power to sub-poena witnesses, to take and receive evidence upon oath or affidavit, and to conduct the investigation either in public or in private as the Commissioner shall deem fit.