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Merchant Shipping Act (No. 52 of 1971) - Sect 96

Registry of alterations

96.
(1) When a registered Ceylon ship is so altered as not to correspond with the particulars relating to her tonnage or description contained in the register book, then,- shall, on application being made to him and on receipt of a certificate from the proper Surveyor stating the particulars of the alteration, either
(a) if the alteration is made at any port having a Registrar, that Registrar; or
(b) if the alteration is made elsewhere, the Registrar of the first port having a Registrar at which the ship arrives after the alteration,
(i) cause the alteration to be registered; or
(ii) direct that the ship be registered anew.
(2) If default is made in registering anew a ship, or in registering an alteration of a ship so altered as aforesaid, the owner of the ship shall be guilty of an offence and on conviction thereof shall be liable to a fine not exceeding two thousand rupees and, in addition, to a fine of one hundred rupees for every day during which the offence continues after conviction.


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