Section 26

If, at a port in a country other than Brunei where there is for the time being an authorised officer, a ship becomes the property of persons qualified to own a reg-istered Brunei ship, and if some one or more of those per-sons declare to the authorised officer at that port an intent to apply to have the ship registered in Brunei, or if the master of the ship makes such a declaration and declares therein that he is authorised by some one or more of the owners of the ship to make the declaration, the authorised officer may grant to the master of the ship, on application by him, a provisional certificate, stating-

A provisional certificate granted in accordance with subsection (1) shall be deemed to be a certificate of registry until the expiry of 6 months from the date on which it was granted, or until the arrival of the ship in Brunei, whichever earlier date, and shall thereafter have no effect.

The master of every ship in respect of which a provisional certificate is granted under this section shall, within 10 days of the ship's first arrival thereafter in Brunei deliver the certificate to the Registrar; and, if any master fails to comply with this subsection, he shall be guilty of an offence: Penalty, a fine of $2,000.