Section 452: Certificate of registry

452. Certificate of registry.—(1) Every sailing vessel shall be registered in accordance with the provisions of this section (2) A sailing vessel registered at any time before the commencement of this Chapter at any port in Pakistan under any law for the time being in force shall, for a period of one year from such commencement or for such further period as may be specified in this behalf by the Federal Government, be deemed to have been registered under this Chapter and be recognised as a sailing vessel registered in Pakistan and if she is not re-registered under this Chapter within such period shall be liable to be forfeited to the Federal Government. (3) The owner of every sailing vessel shall make an application in the prescribed form to the registrar for the grant to him of a certificate of registry in respect of the vessel, and shall cause the tonnage of the vessel to be ascertained in the prescribed manner. (4) The registrar may make such inquiry as he thinks fit with respect to the particulars contained in such application and shall enter in a register, hereinafter referred to as called the sailing vessel’s register, the following particulars in respect of the vessel, namely:— (a) the name of the sailing vessel, place where she was built and the port to which she belongs ; (b) the rig, type and tonnage of the vessel ; (c) the name, occupation and address of the owner ; (d) the number assigned to the vessel ; (e) the mortgages, if any, effected by the owner in respect of the vessel ; and (f) such other particulars are as my be prescribed. (5) After the particulars in respect of the vessel have been entered in the sailing vessel’s register under sub-section (4), the registrar shall grant to the applicant a certificate of registry in the prescribed form on payment of a fee according to such scale as may be prescribed having regard to the tonnage of the vessel. (6) A sailing vessel which is required to be registered under this Chapter but is not so registered shall be detained by the Principal Officer, surveyor or officer of Customs until the certificate of registry is produced.

Effective date: 2001-01-01

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