Merchant Shipping Act (Cap. 234), article 19A

19A. Where a ship registered under this Part of this Act is being operated under charter or is leased in any year in respect of w hich the charterer or the lessee shall have paid to a registrar an a mount equal to the annual registration fee for that year in addition to that paid by the owner, and such ship is not bareboat charter regist ered in a foreign registry, the Regis trar-General, on submission of an application made by such chart erer or the lessee accompanied by a copy of the charter agreement or the lease agreement and the consent in writing of the owners of the ship and all registered mortgagees may, subject to such conditions as he may deem prope r, authorise the issue of a certifi cate of registry, whether provi sional or otherwise, in the name of suc h charterer or lessee instead o f in the name of the registered owner . The copy of the charter or th e lease agreement presented with the application shall not be available for public inspection. Certificate issued in the name of the charterer or lessee. Added by: L.N. 210 of 2016.