ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Merchant Shipping Act
25. Register of ships
Edition: 2023-12-11 · In force
25. Register of ships
(1)There shall be a register of Kenyan ships for all ships registered in Kenya.(2)The register shall be maintained by the Registrar of Ships.(3)The Director-General may give directions of a general nature with regard to the discharge of any of the functions of the Registrar of Ships.(4)The register may consist of separate register books and shall be so constituted as to distinguish registrations of small ships, pleasure vessels and submersible craft and may otherwise distinguish between classes or descriptions of ships.(5)The register shall be maintained in accordance with the registration regulations and any directions given by the Director-General under subsection (3).(6)The register shall be available for public inspection upon payment of the prescribed fees.(7)Except as provided in regulations made under section 79, entries in the register in relation to property in a ship shall be made in accordance with the following provisions—(a)the property in a ship shall be divided into sixty-four shares;(b)subject to the provisions of this Act with respect to joint owners or owners by transmission, not more than sixty-four individuals shall be entitled to be registered at the same time as owners of any one ship; but this rule shall not affect the beneficial title of any number of persons or of any company represented by or claiming under or through any registered owner or joint owner;(c)a person shall not be entitled to be registered as owner of a fractional part of a share in a ship, but any number of persons not exceeding five may be registered as joint owners of a ship or of any share or shares therein;(d)joint owners shall be considered as constituting one person only as regards the persons entitled to be registered, and shall not be entitled to dispose in severalty of any interest in a ship, or in any share therein in respect of which they are registered;(e)a body corporate shall be registered as owner by its corporate name.(8)The register shall be automated for the purposes of providing collaboration with other agencies and enabling linkage to the National Electronic Window System established under section 3 of the National Electronic Single Window System Act.