Section 29: Provisional certificate for ships becoming Pakistani owned abroad.––If at a port

29. Provisional certificate for ships becoming Pakistani owned abroad.––If at a port outside Pakistan, and not being a port of registry established under this Ordinance, a ship becomes the property of persons qualified to own a Pakistani ship, the Pakistan consular officer there may grant to her master, on his application, a provisional certificate, stating— (a) the name of the ship; (b) the time and place of her purchase and the names of her purchasers; (c) the name of her master; and (d) the particulars respecting her tonnage, build and description which he is able to obtain, and shall forward a copy of the certificate at the first convenient opportunity to the Registrar of Shipping, Mercantile Marine Department, Karachi, who upon receipt will issue a certificate of registry.

Effective date: 2001-01-01

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