Merchant Shipping Order, 2002 · s 44

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s 44{1)

A ship shall not be registered under any name except a name which is approved by the Registrar and a Brunei Darussalam ship shall not be described by any name other than that by which it is for the time being registered.

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(2)

The Minister may, with the approval of His Majesty the Sultan and

Yang Di-Pertuan, make regulations for the approval of a ship's name and the changes thereto.

i3) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (2), the Registrar may, with the approval of the Minister, in the regulations -

{a} require an existing ship to be registered under its existing name unless a change thereof has been approved in accordance with the regulations; and

(b)

require an existing ship to change its name if it is the same as or similar to the name of a Brunei Darussalam ship.