Merchant Shipping Act 1995 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 2 · Singapore Registry
9. Register of Singapore ships
Feedback & supportThe Director is the Registrar of Singapore ships.
Director
“Director” means the Director of Marine appointed under section 4 and includes the Deputy Director of Marine;
The Registrar must keep a register of ships registered as Singapore ships under the provisions of this Part in accordance with the following provisions:
the property in a ship may be divided into any number of shares and such number must not be changed unless the ship is registered anew;
a person is not entitled to be registered as an owner of a fractional part of a share in the ship;
joint owners are to be considered as constituting one person only as regards the persons entitled to be registered, and are not entitled to dispose of in severalty any interest in a ship or in any share therein in respect of which they are registered; (d)a corporation may be registered as an owner by its corporate name.