Merchant Shipping Act

23. Certificate of de-registration

Edition: 2023-12-11 · In force

23. Certificate of de-registration

(1)Upon the de-registration of a ship the Registrar of Ships shall issue to the owner of such ship a certificate of de-registration in the prescribed form.

(2)On receipt of the certificate of de-registration referred to in subsection (1), the owner shall immediately surrender the ship’s certificate of registry to the Registrar of Ships for cancellation.

(3)A person who fails, without reasonable cause, to surrender a certificate of registry when required to do so under this Part, commits an offence and shall be liable, upon conviction, to a fine not exceeding five hundred thousand shillings, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years, or to both such fine and imprisonment.

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Source: Kenya Law