Section 31: Transfer of ship

31. Transfer of ship (1) A transfer of a registered ship or of a share in it shall be effected by a bill of sale containing a description of the ship as in the surveyor’s certificate, or some other description sufficient to identify the ship to the satisfaction of the Registrar, and the bill of sale shall be executed by the transferor in the presence of, and attested by, a witness. (2) The transferee shall be entitled to be registered as owner if he makes and signs a declaration with reference to the ship to the effect that he is qualified to own a Mauritius ship and that, to the best of his knowledge and belief, the ship is otherwise entitled to be registered. (3) Where there is a transfer of a registered ship— (a) the new owner shall, within 30 days of the transfer, apply to the Registrar, in such form as may be approved by him, for the transfer to be registered; and (b) where the transfer is of all the shares in the ship, and no application is made under paragraph (a), the Registrar may cancel the registration of the ship and the certificate of registration; or (c) where the transfer is of one or more shares in the ship, and no application is made under paragraph (a), the Registrar shall serve a notice on the remaining registered owners notifying them that, unless an application to transfer the share or shares is made within 30 days of the date of the notice, the registration of the ship and the certificate of registration may be cancelled. (4) Every application for a transfer under subsection (3) shall be accompanied by a duly executed bill of sale together with a declaration referred to in subsection (2), and where the ship is entitled to be registered, the Registrar shall enter in the Register the name of the transferee as owner of the ship or share, endorse the bill of sale indicating the date and time of the endorsement and issue a new certificate of registration. [Issue 2] M62 – 22 Revised Laws of Mauritius