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Regulation 14

of Merchant Shipping (Pleasure Craft) Regulations 2020

Regulation 14

Certificate of registry (Singapore pleasure craft)

Subregulation 1

The Registrar must issue a certificate of registry (Singapore pleasure craft), whether or not in hardcopy form, to the owner of a pleasure craft when the pleasure craft is registered, or registered anew, under these Regulations.

Subregulation 2

Where the registration of a Singapore pleasure craft is renewed under these Regulations, the owner of the pleasure craft must, if the Registrar requires, immediately surrender any hardcopy form of the certificate of registry (Singapore pleasure craft) to the Registrar for the renewal of registration to be endorsed on the certificate of registry (Singapore pleasure craft).

Subregulation 3

The owner of a Singapore pleasure craft must, if the Registrar requires, immediately surrender any hardcopy form of the certificate of registry (Singapore pleasure craft) to the Registrar if —

(a)

the pleasure craft is or is to be altered so that its particulars no longer correspond to its particulars contained in the certificate of registry (Singapore pleasure craft); or

(b)

the pleasure craft is involved in any event mentioned in regulation 29(1)(a), (b), (c) or (d).

Subregulation 4

A person who fails to comply with paragraph (3) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000.

Subregulation 5

In a prosecution for an offence under paragraph (4), it is not necessary for the prosecution to prove that the person charged with the offence intended to commit the offence.