Section 55Part 2 — REGISTRATION OF SHIPS
Evidence of certificate of registry and other documents
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55. (1) Any person, on payment of the prescribed fee, may, on application to the Registrar of Shipping at a reasonable time during the office hours of the Registrar of Shipping, inspect the register.
The following documents are admissible in evidence in the manner provided by this Act —
a certificate of registry under this Act purporting to be signed by or on behalf of the Registrar of Shipping;
an endorsement on a certificate of registry purporting to be signed by or on behalf of the Registrar of Shipping; and
every declaration made under this Part.
Any person is entitled, on payment of the prescribed fee, to obtain a copy, certified as a true copy by the Registrar of Shipping, of any information contained in an entry in the register.
Any person is entitled, on payment of the prescribed fee, to obtain a certified copy of the information entered in the register in respect of the registration of a ship, together with a statement certified by the Registrar of Shipping showing who is, for the time being, the owner of the ship.
Section 443(5) applies to a document supplied under subsection (3) or (4) in the same way as it applies to a document to which that section applies.
In subsections (1), (3) and (4), the words “prescribed fee” means the fee fixed by the Chief Executive Officer for the purposes of those subsections and notified to the public by publication in the Gazette. Section 56 Merchant Shipping Act, 2024 Page 54 Act 1 of 2024 c