Investigating and analyzing the position and role of the ship captain as a bailiff when a crime occurs from the perspective of Iran's criminal policy

Article 85 of the Iranian Maritime Law approved in 1343, which was added in 1391, assigned duties to the captain of the ship to manage the crime scene on the ship as a bailiff in the event of a crime being committed. Basically, the actions of the captain of the ship are carried out within the framework of the criminal procedure law. In this essay, the researcher is trying to answer the question by analyzing the research records and investigations that have been done, based on the criminal policy of Iran, what is the status of the captain of the ship as a bailiff when the crime occurs?

The current research is applied in terms of purpose and descriptive-analytical in terms of method.

The captain of the ship, in the position of the general bailiff, according to the duty assigned by the Iranian maritime law, in the event of a crime occurring inside the vessel under his command, he should, within the framework of the criminal procedure law, first try to discover the crime, preserve the traces and signs and Collect evidence of the crime, identify, find and prevent the escape and hiding of the accused, and in the next step, according to the location of the ship, make the necessary arrangements to obtain the assignment regarding how to continue the investigation and deliver the accused to the competent judicial authority. .