Section 20: Survey and measurement

20. Survey and measurement (1) Every ship shall, before registration, be surveyed by a surveyor and its tonnage ascertained in accordance with the Tonnage Regulations, and the surveyor shall grant a certificate specifying the ship’s tonnage and build, and such other particulars descriptive of the identity of the ship as may be required by the Director which shall be delivered to the Registrar. (2) Where a ship intended to be registered in Mauritius has already been measured according to the Tonnage Convention in a foreign country, the Director may, without the ship being re-measured, treat it as being of the tonnage denoted by its previous certificate of registration, and in such a case the ship shall be considered to be in compliance with this section for the purposes of registration, except where a surveyor determines otherwise, in which case he shall issue a certificate to that effect, and the Director shall direct that ship to be re-measured in accordance with this section. (3) Where the tonnage of a ship has been determined, that tonnage shall be treated as the tonnage of the ship until the ship is re-measured following a change to its physical dimensions, and in such a case the Register shall be amended accordingly. (4) Where the tonnage of a ship has been determined, the Director shall issue a tonnage certificate to the ship. M62 – 17 [Issue 2] Merchant Shipping Act (5) Where, under subsection (2), a ship is treated as being of the tonnage denoted by its previous certificate of registration, it may be issued with a tonnage certificate, unless it is in possession of a valid International Tonnage Certificate.