Section 54: Restrictions on re-registration of abandoned ships.––Where a ship has ceased to be — Pakistan Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 2001

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54. Restrictions on re-registration of abandoned ships.––Where a ship has ceased to be registered as a Pakistani ship by reason of having been wrecked or abandoned, or for any reason other than capture by the enemy or transferred to a person not qualified to own a Pakistani ship, the ship shall not be re-registered until she has at the expense of the applicant for registration, been surveyed by a surveyor and certified by him to be seaworthy.

Effective date: 2001-01-01

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