DOI Page / Citation link:
https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.34369#0124
114
ACT X.
[A.D. 1841.
Ports of registry.
Registrars.
Book of registry.
Declaration.
II. And it is hereby enacted, that the ports at which registration shall
be made, shall be the ports of Calcutta, Madras, Bombay, Singapore, and
such other places subordinate to the local Governments of India, as such
Governments respectively may from time to time declare to be registering
ports under this Act. Provided that ships or vessels built at any place
other than any of such ports shall be allowed to make their first voyage
to any of such ports, being the ports at which it is intended they shall
be registered under a certificate to be granted by the principal British
officer at the place where the ship is built, or if there be no British
officer in authority there, then by three merchants of such place ; which
certificate shall contain all the particulars with regard to the ownership
and description of the ships or vessels contained in a certificate of regis-
try, and shall specify the ports at which it is intended that they shall
respectively be registered, and which certificate shall have all the effect
of a certificate of registry under this Act, during the first voyage from
the place of building to the ports at which the ships or vessels respec-
tively shall be afterwards registered. Provided that such ships or vessels
so proceeding on their first voyage as aforesaid shall be deemed British
ships only whilst duly prosecuting such first voyage for the purpose of
registry, and if they be not registered within a reasonable time after their
arrival at the port of registry, the owner or owners, or master or other
person having or taking the command or charge of such ship or vessel,
shall be liable, on information in any court of her Majesty or the East-
India Company by the advocates-general of the respective presidencies, to
a penalty not exceeding five thousand rupees.
III. And it is hereby enacted, that the persons authorized to make
such registry, and to grant such certificates as aforesaid, shall be the per-
sons now authorized to make registry of ships or vessels under the
Statute 3 & 4 Wm. IV. chap. 55, and such other or different persons as
the local Governments may from time to time appoint for the ports
under their respective presidencies.
IV. And it is hereby enacted, that at every port where registry shall be
made in pursuance of this Act, a book shall be kept by the registering,
officer, in which all the particulars contained in the form of the certificate
of the registry hereinbefore directed to be used shall be duly entered ;
and every registry shall be numbered in progression, beginning such pro-
gressive numeration at the commencement of each and every year. And
such registering officer shall forthwith, or within one month at the furthest,
send to the Government of the presidency to which he is subordinate a
true and exact copy, together with the number of every certificate which
shall be by him so granted.
V. And it is hereby enacted, that no registry shall henceforth be made
or certificate be granted, until the following declaration be inade or sub-
scribed before the registering officer, by the owner or major part of the
owners of the ship or vessel required to be registered.
I, A. B. of (place of residence and occupation), do truly declare that the
ship or vessel (name), of (port or place), whereof (master s name) is at
present master, being (kind of build, burthen, et cetera, as described in
ACT X.
[A.D. 1841.
Ports of registry.
Registrars.
Book of registry.
Declaration.
II. And it is hereby enacted, that the ports at which registration shall
be made, shall be the ports of Calcutta, Madras, Bombay, Singapore, and
such other places subordinate to the local Governments of India, as such
Governments respectively may from time to time declare to be registering
ports under this Act. Provided that ships or vessels built at any place
other than any of such ports shall be allowed to make their first voyage
to any of such ports, being the ports at which it is intended they shall
be registered under a certificate to be granted by the principal British
officer at the place where the ship is built, or if there be no British
officer in authority there, then by three merchants of such place ; which
certificate shall contain all the particulars with regard to the ownership
and description of the ships or vessels contained in a certificate of regis-
try, and shall specify the ports at which it is intended that they shall
respectively be registered, and which certificate shall have all the effect
of a certificate of registry under this Act, during the first voyage from
the place of building to the ports at which the ships or vessels respec-
tively shall be afterwards registered. Provided that such ships or vessels
so proceeding on their first voyage as aforesaid shall be deemed British
ships only whilst duly prosecuting such first voyage for the purpose of
registry, and if they be not registered within a reasonable time after their
arrival at the port of registry, the owner or owners, or master or other
person having or taking the command or charge of such ship or vessel,
shall be liable, on information in any court of her Majesty or the East-
India Company by the advocates-general of the respective presidencies, to
a penalty not exceeding five thousand rupees.
III. And it is hereby enacted, that the persons authorized to make
such registry, and to grant such certificates as aforesaid, shall be the per-
sons now authorized to make registry of ships or vessels under the
Statute 3 & 4 Wm. IV. chap. 55, and such other or different persons as
the local Governments may from time to time appoint for the ports
under their respective presidencies.
IV. And it is hereby enacted, that at every port where registry shall be
made in pursuance of this Act, a book shall be kept by the registering,
officer, in which all the particulars contained in the form of the certificate
of the registry hereinbefore directed to be used shall be duly entered ;
and every registry shall be numbered in progression, beginning such pro-
gressive numeration at the commencement of each and every year. And
such registering officer shall forthwith, or within one month at the furthest,
send to the Government of the presidency to which he is subordinate a
true and exact copy, together with the number of every certificate which
shall be by him so granted.
V. And it is hereby enacted, that no registry shall henceforth be made
or certificate be granted, until the following declaration be inade or sub-
scribed before the registering officer, by the owner or major part of the
owners of the ship or vessel required to be registered.
I, A. B. of (place of residence and occupation), do truly declare that the
ship or vessel (name), of (port or place), whereof (master s name) is at
present master, being (kind of build, burthen, et cetera, as described in