Section 14: Obligation to register ships — Pakistan Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 2001

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14. Obligation to register ships.—(1) Ships owned by citizens of Pakistan and companies shall be registered under this Ordinance. (2) A ship required by this Ordinance to be registered may be detained until the master of the ship, if so required, produces the certificate of registry in respect of the ship.

Effective date: 2001-01-01

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Section 13: Qualification for registration of Pakistani ships Section 15: Exemption from registry Section 12: Restriction on acquisition of ship Section 16: Registrars of Pakistani ships and ports of registry Section 11: Application Section 17: Provisions for entries in register book.–– Every registrar of Pakistani ships shall keep a

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