Section 56: Registration of Mauritius ships in foreign bareboat charter registry

56. Registration of Mauritius ships in foreign bareboat charter registry (1) The Registrar may, with the approval of the Minister, on an application to that effect made in the prescribed manner, grant permission to the owner of a Mauritius ship to register the ship in the bareboat charter registry of another jurisdiction where— (a) the ship is subject to a bareboat charter pursuant to which the owner is not responsible for the management, operation or control of the ship for the period of the charter; M62 – 35 [Issue 2] Merchant Shipping Act (b) every mortgagee of the ship has consented to the permission being granted; (c) the owner has delivered to the Registrar— (i) a certified copy of the bareboat charter; (ii) the certificate of registration granted under section 26 (1); and (iii) any other certificate issued in respect of the ship under this Act; and (d) the Registrar has received confirmation of acceptance of bareboat charter registration from the proper officer of the country where the ship is intended to be registered. (2) The registration of the ship under section 26 shall be suspended while the ship is registered in a bareboat charter registry of another country. (3) The Port of Port Louis shall no longer be the port of registration for a ship in respect of which permission has been granted under this section, and the marking of the name “Port Louis” on its stern as provided in section 21 (1) (a) shall be removed.