Merchant Shipping Order, 2002 · As enacted · Part II · Brunei Darussalam Registry
10. Application for initial registry
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
An application for the registry of a ship shall be -
ship
"ship" means any kind of vessel used in navigation by water, however propelled or moved and includes - (a} a barge, lighter or other floating vessel; and (b) an air cushion vehicle, or other similar craft, used wholly or primarily in navigation by water;
(a} made in writing by the person applying to be registered as owner or by some other person on his behalf; and
(b} submitted together with the declaration of ownership, the
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document of title to the ship, evidence of the cancellation of any foreign registry, the ship's tonnage certificate, a certificate specifying the ship's build and such other particulars as the Registrar may require, such evidence of seaworthiness as may be specified in the regulations made under section 45
and such other document relating to the ship as the Registrar may require.
A person shall not be entitled to be registered as owner of a ship or of any share therein until he or, in the case of a corporation, the person authorised under this Order to make declaration on behalf of the corporation, has made and signed a declaration of ownership in the prescribed form and containing the following particulars -
prescribed
"prescribed" means prescribed by regulations made by the Minister with the approval of His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan;
(a} the name of the ship and its gross and net tonnages and such other particulars as may be prescribed;
(b} a statement of his qualification to own a Brunei Darussalam ship or, in the case of a corporation, such circumstances of the constitution and business thereof as prove it to be qualified to own a Brunei Darussalam ship;
Brunei Darussalam ship
"Brunei Darussalam ship" means a ship registered provisionally or otherwise, under Part II and its registry is not closed or deemed to be closed or suspended under that Part;
(c} a statement of the time when and the place where the ship was built or, if the time and the place of building are unknown, a statement that the declarant does not know the time and place of its building;
a statement as to the owner of the ship and his citizenship and, if the ship is owned by more than one person, the number of shares each of them is entitled to; and 410
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a declaration that, to the best of his knowledge and belief, no unqualified person is entitled as owner to any legal or beneficial interest in the ship or any share therein.
Terms defined in s 2
beneficial interest
Defined · s 2"beneficial interest" includes interests arising under contract and other equitable interests;
Brunei Darussalam ship
Defined · s 2"Brunei Darussalam ship" means a ship registered provisionally or otherwise, under Part II and its registry is not closed or deemed to be closed or suspended under that Part;
prescribed
Defined · s 2"prescribed" means prescribed by regulations made by the Minister with the approval of His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan;
ship
Defined · s 2"ship" means any kind of vessel used in navigation by water, however propelled or moved and includes - (a} a barge, lighter or other floating vessel; and (b) an air cushion vehicle, or other similar craft, used wholly or primarily in navigation by water;
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