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Ship Registration Act 3 & 4 GULIELMI IV REGIS CAP. L.V.

 
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3°& 4° GULIELMI IV. Cap.55.
Memorandum in the Book of Registers of the further Time so granted, and during such Time no other Bill of Sale shall be entered for the Transfer of the same Ship or Vessel, or the same Share or Shares thereof, or for giving the same Security thereon.
XXXVII. And be it further enacted, That if the Certificate of Registry of such Ship or Vessel shall be produced to the Collector and Controller of any Port where she may then be, after any such Bill of Sale shall have been recorded at the Port to which she belongs, together with such Bill of Sale, containing a Notification of such Record, signed by the Collector and Controller of such Port as before directed, it shall be lawful for the Collector and Controller of such other Port to indorse on such Certificate of Registry (being required so to do) the Transfer mentioned in such Bill of Sale, and such Collector and Controller shall give Notice thereof to the Collector and Controller of the Port to which such Ship or Vessel belongs, who shall record the same in like Manner as if they had made such Indorsement themselves, but inserting the Name of the Port at which such Indorsement was made: Provided always, that the Collector and Controller of such other Port shall first give Notice to the Collector and Controller of the Port to which such Ship or Vessel belongs of such Requisition made to them to indorse the Certificate of Registry, and the Collector and Controller of the Port to which such Ship or Vessel belongs shall thereupon send Information to the Collector and Controller of such other Port, whether any and what other Bill or Bills of Sale have been recorded in the Book of the Registry of such Ship or Vessel; and the Collector and Controller of such other Port having such Information shall proceed in manner directed by this Act in all respects to the indorsing of the Certificate of Registry as they would do if such Port were the Port to which such Vessel belonged.
XXXVIII. And be it further enacted, That if it shall become necessary to register any Ship or Vessel de novo, and any Share or Shares of such Ship or Vessel shall have been sold since she was last registered, and the Transfer of such Share or Shares shall not have been recorded and indorsed in manner herein-before directed, the Bill of Sale thereof shall be produced to the Collector and Controller of His Majesty's Customs, who are to make Registry of such Ship or Vessel, otherwise such Sale shall not be noticed in such Registry de novo, except as herein-after excepted : Provided always,, that upon the future Production of such Bill of Sale, and of the existing Cer-tificate of Registry, such Transfer shall and may be recorded and indorsed as well after such Registry de novo as before.
XXXIX. And be it further enacted, That if upon any Change of Property in any Ship or Vessel the Owner or Owners shall desire to have the same registered de novo, although not required by this Act, and the Owner or proper Number of Owners shall attend at the Cus-tom House at the Port to which such Ship or Vessel belongs for that Purpose, it shall be lawful for the Collector and Controller of His Majesty's Customs at such Port to make Registry de novo of such Ship or Vessel at the same Port, and to grant a Certificate thereof, the
Bills of Sale may be pro-duced after Entry at other Ports than those to which Vessels belong, and Transfers indorsed on Certificate of Registry.
Previous
Notice to be
given to
Officers at
the Port of
Registry.

If upon Re-
gistry de
novo any
Bill of Sale
shall not have
been record-
ed, the same
shall then be
produced.

Bill of Sale previous to Registry may be recorded after Regis-try.
Upon Change
of Property
Registry de
novo may be
granted if
desired,
although not
required by
Law.