Section 236 in The Naval Ceremonial, Conditions Of Service And Miscellaneous Regulations, 1964
236. Presiding Officer at Assemblages.
- At boards of inquiry, survey, and other similar assemblages of officers, the officer who, by virtue of his office, would under the foregoing regulations take the military command, shall normally preside irrespective of the relative rank of the other members, whose precedence amongst themselves on such occasions shall be determined by Regulation 208. The convening authority may, however, at his discretion appoint an officer not of the Executive Branch to preside.
