Merchant Shipping Act 1995 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 2 · Singapore Registry
19. Transfer to person qualified to own Singapore ship
Feedback & supportWhere a Singapore ship or any share therein is transferred to a person qualified to own a Singapore ship and the bill of sale is registered under section 18, the ship must, subject to section 42, be registered anew.
Singapore ship
“Singapore ship” means a ship registered, provisionally or otherwise, under Part 2 and its registry is not closed or deemed to be closed or suspended under that Part;
If the ship is not registered anew or its registry is not closed within 60 days of the date on which the bill of sale (or the first bill of sale if there are more than one bill of sale) is registered, the registry of the ship is deemed to be closed (except in relation to any unsatisfied mortgages entered therein) and the Registrar must make an entry thereof in the register.
ship
“ship” means any kind of vessel used in navigation by water, however propelled or moved and includes —(a)a barge, lighter or other floating vessel;(b)an air-cushion vehicle, or other similar craft, used wholly or primarily in navigation by water; and(c)an off-shore industry mobile unit;