Section 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 statement of his qualification to own a

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;

a statement of the name of the master;

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

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.