Section 16: Ownership of Mauritius ships
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16. Ownership of Mauritius ships
(1) For the purposes of this Act, a person is qualified to be the owner of
a Mauritius ship where he is—
(a) a citizen of Mauritius;
(b) a body corporate incorporated in Mauritius and the place where
meetings of its directors are regularly held is in Mauritius; or
(c) a maritime entity.
(2) Subject to subsection (3), a ship shall be entitled to apply for
registration as a Mauritius ship if it is owned by one or more persons
qualified to be owners of Mauritius ships by virtue of subsection (1).
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(3) Where the holders of the majority interest in a ship are not resident in
Mauritius, the ship shall only be entitled to be registered if a representative
person resident in Mauritius is appointed in relation to the ship, who may be
the managing owner of that ship so nominated for the purpose.
(4) For the purposes of subsection (3), one or more persons shall be
treated as owning a majority interest in a ship if there is vested in that person, or in those persons taken together, the legal title to 51 or more of the
100 shares into which the property in the ship is divided for the purposes of
section 13.