Section 13: Qualification for registration of Pakistani ships

13. Qualification for registration of Pakistani ships.—(I) For the purposes of this Ordinance, a ship may be registered as a Pakistani ship if it is owned by persons of the following description, namely:— (a) citizens of Pakistan by birth or by migration; (b) persons having acquired citizenship of Pakistan by registration under the Pakistan Citizenship Act, 1951 (II of 1951); (c) companies having their principal place of business in Pakistan and which conduct operation and management of the ship from Pakistan; or (d) any individual or company permitted by Federal Government. (2) A ship on bareboat or demise charter for a period of not less than six months may be registered as a Pakistani ship in the name of a persons provided that such a person falls under any of the description given in clauses (a) to (d) of sub-section (1) and subject to condition as may be prescribed. (3) A bareboat charter registry may be kept suspended for a period of charter, where Pakistani ships are bareboat chartered out to a person other than Pakistani Nationals on conditions as prescribed. (4) Citizens of Pakistan by birth or by migration or Companies have their principal place of business in Pakistan which are conducting operation and management of ships from Pakistan or any other individual Company permitted by Federal Government, may obtain Second Registry of ships or other crafts registered abroad in their names provided that this Registry shall be for such period as the Government may prescribe.

Effective date: 2001-01-01

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