MERCHANT SHIPPING ACT 1894 - SECT 18 Provision for loss of certificate.

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MERCHANT SHIPPING ACT 1894 - SECT 18

Provision for loss of certificate.

18.(1) In the event of the certificate of registry of a ship being mislaid,
lost, or destroyed, the registrar of her port of registry shall grant a new
certificate of registry in lieu of her original certificate.

(2) If the port (having a British registrar or consular officer) at which the
ship is at the time of the event, or first arrives after the event

(a)is not in the United Kingdom, where the ship is registered in the United
Kingdom; or,

(b)is not in the British possession in which the ship is registered; or,

(c)where the ship is registered at a port of registry established by Order in
Council under this Act, is not that port;

(3) The provisional certificate shall within ten days after the first
subsequent arrival of the ship at her port of discharge in the United Kingdom,
where she is registered in the United Kingdom, or in the British possession in
which she is registered, or where she is registered at a port of registry
established by Order in Council under this Act at that port, be delivered up
to the registrar of her port of registry, and the registrar shall thereupon
grant the new certificate of registry; and if the master without reasonable
cause fails to deliver up the provisional certificate within the ten days
aforesaid, he shall be liable to a fine not exceeding [#200].

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MERCHANT SHIPPING ACT 1894 - SECT 18