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MERCHANT SHIPPING ACT 1894 - SECT 25

Declaration of transfer.

25. Where a registered ship or a share therein is transferred, the transferee
shall not be entitled to be registered as owner thereof until he, or, in the
case of a corporation, the person authorised by this Act to make declarations
on behalf of the corporation, has made and signed a declaration (in this Act
called a declaration of transfer) referring to the ship, and containing

(a)a statement of the qualification of the transferee to own a British ship,
or if the transferee is a corporation, of such circumstances of the
constitution and business thereof as prove it to be qualified to own a British
ship; and

(b)a declaration that, to the best of his knowledge and belief, no unqualified
person or body of persons is entitled as owner to any legal or beneficial
interest in the ship or any share therein.

© 1894 Crown Copyright

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