0 someone who has disappeared and is no longer in communication with their family and friends:
On the other hand, there is one notable ' missing person ', whose absence at least surely called for explanation.
Appropriate "missing person" action of course continues to be taken by the civil authorities.
Another complains that his wife is now missing and is regarded as a missing person because she cannot be contacted.
Obviously it is a matter of opinion and judgment whether every reported case should at once be considered as a missing person for statistical purposes.
Provincial forces that have reason to believe that a missing person has left their area may also record them as missing in that index.
Secondly, the formal inquiry on board ship should have particular regard to the state of health of the missing person.
It entitles the successors of the missing person to claim his property, but it does no more than that.
Help given during the recent floods or a search for a missing person are examples of such provision.
