Section 51: Registry of alterations, registry anew and transfer of registry

51. Registry of alterations, registry anew and transfer of registry.—(1) When a registered ship is so altered as not to correspond with the particulars relating to her tonnage or description contained in the register book, then, if the alteration is made at any port having a registrar, that registrar, or if it is made elsewhere, the registrar of the first port having a registrar at which the ship arrives after the alteration, shall, on application being made to him and on receipt of a certificate from the proper surveyor stating the particulars of the alteration, either cause the alteration to be registered or direct that the ship be registered a new. (2) On failure to register a new ship or to register an alteration of a ship so altered as aforesaid, that ship shall be deemed not duly registered and shall not be recognised as a Pakistan ship.

Effective date: 2001-01-01

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