Section 59: Forgery of documents.––If any person forges, or fraudulently alters, or assists in — Pakistan Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 2001

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59. Forgery of documents.––If any person forges, or fraudulently alters, or assists in forging or fraudulently altering, or procures to be forged or fraudulently altered, any of the following documents, namely, any register book, builder’s certificate, surveyor’s certificate, certificate of registry, declaration of bill of sale, instrument of mortgage, or certificate of mortgage or sale under this Part of this Ordinance, or any entry or endorsement required by this Part of this Ordinance to be made in or on any of those documents, that person shall in respect of each offence be punishable with imprisonment which shall not be less than three months and with fine which may extend to five hundred thousand rupees.

Effective date: 2001-01-01

Related sections

Section 58: Ship’s managing owner or manger to be registered Section 60: False declaration Section 57: Liability of owners.––Where any person is beneficially interested otherwise than by Section 61: National character of ship to be declared before clearance Section 56: Equities not included by Ordinance.––The expression “beneficial interest”, where used Section 62: Penalty for concealment of Pakistan character or assumption of foreign character

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