Merchant Shipping Order, 2002 · s 207

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s 207Issue of new document

( 1)

Where a document issued by the Director or Registrar under this Order is mislaid, lost or destroyed -

(a} in the case of a document which relates to a ship, the master or the owner of the ship;

(b} in the case of a document which relates to a person, the person, or some other person having knowledge of the facts of the case, shall make a declaration stating the facts of the case to the best of his knowledge and belief, and the Director or Registrar may thereupon issue a new document in lieu of the original document.

(2)

The declaration under subsection (1) shall contain an undertaking to surrender to the Director or Registrar the document declared mislaid, lost or destroyed, when the document is subsequently recovered.

(3)

The Director or Registrar may, on the delivery up to him of a document issued by him under this Order, issue a new document in lieu thereof.