Merchant Shipping Act · s 12

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12. A person shall not be entitled to be registered as owner of a Brunei ship or of a share therein until he, or in the case of a corporation the person authorised by this Part to make declarations on behalf of the corporation, has made and signed a declaration of ownership, referring to the ship as described in the certificate of the surveyor, and contain-ing the following particulars -
(a) a statement of his qualification to own a
Brunei ship, or in the case of a corporation, of such circumstances of the constitution and business thereof as prove it to be qualified to own a Brunei ship;
(b) a statement of the time when and the place where the ship was built, or, if the time and place of the building are unknown, a statement that the declarant does not know the time and place of her building; and, in addition thereto, in the case of a foreign ship, a statement of her foreign name, or in the case of a ship condemned, a statement of the time, place and court at and by which she was condemned;
(c) a statement of the name of the master;
(d) a statement of the number of shares in the ship of which he or the corporation, as the case may be, is entitled to be registered as owner; and 29
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Declaration of ownership on registry

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Merchant Shipping
(e) a declaration that, to the best of his know-ledge and belief, no unqualified person or body of persons is entitled as owner to any legal or bene-ficial interest in the ship or any share therein.

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s 12

A person shall not be entitled to be registered as owner of a Brunei ship or of a share therein until he, or in the case of a corporation the person authorised by this Part to make declarations on behalf of the corporation, has made and signed a declaration of ownership, referring to the ship as described in the certificate of the surveyor, and contain-ing the following particulars -

(a)

a statement of his qualification to own a

Brunei ship, or in the case of a corporation, of such circumstances of the constitution and business thereof as prove it to be qualified to own a Brunei ship;

(b)

a statement of the time when and the place where the ship was built, or, if the time and place of the building are unknown, a statement that the declarant does not know the time and place of her building; and, in addition thereto, in the case of a foreign ship, a statement of her foreign name, or in the case of a ship condemned, a statement of the time, place and court at and by which she was condemned;

(c)

a statement of the name of the master;

(d)

a statement of the number of shares in the ship of which he or the corporation, as the case may be, is entitled to be registered as owner; and 29

Application for registry

Declaration of ownership on registry

Evidence on first registry

Merchant Shipping

(e)

a declaration that, to the best of his know-ledge and belief, no unqualified person or body of persons is entitled as owner to any legal or bene-ficial interest in the ship or any share therein.