Section 50: Change of ownership of pleasure craft
consolidated text (as at 2016, amended since). juris shows the text as it was consolidated; it does not confirm that this is the law in force today.
50. Change of ownership of pleasure craft
(1) Subject to subsections (2), (5) and (6), on the change of ownership
of a pleasure craft—
(a) the registered and new owner shall forthwith jointly give
notice to the Authority of the change of ownership in such form
and manner as the Authority may approve, of the date of the
change and of the name and address of the new owner;
(b) the registered owner shall forthwith give a similar notice to the
person from whom he holds a policy of insurance required to be
taken under this Act; and
(c) the registered owner shall forthwith deliver to the Authority the
pleasure craft licence relating to the pleasure craft together with
the registration book.
(2) On the death of the registered owner of a pleasure craft, the person
into whose custody the pleasure craft has come shall, within 30 days of its
coming into custody, give notice of that fact to the Authority.
(3) (a) On the registration of a new owner, the Authority shall charge
the prescribed fee and make the necessary alterations to the register referred
to in section 40 and the registration book and issue to the new registered
owner a new pleasure craft licence.
(b) The Authority may, on receipt of the notification referred to in paragraph (a), register the pleasure craft on a temporary basis, until the ownership of the pleasure craft is determined to the satisfaction of the Authority.
(4) Where there is in respect of the pleasure craft a pleasure craft licence
for commercial purpose, the licence shall forthwith cease to be valid on the
change of ownership of the pleasure craft.
(5) Where the registered owner is a body corporate or a société, any
licence issued for commercial purposes to that body corporate or société
shall cease to be valid where there is a change in the control of the body
corporate or société.
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(6) Any person who contravenes subsection (1) or (3) shall commit an
offence and, shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine of not less than 1,000
rupees and not exceeding 10,000 rupees and to imprisonment for a term not
exceeding 6 months.
[S. 50 amended by s. 14 of Act 3 of 2008 w.e.f. 1 June 2008; s. 29 (b) of Act 38 of 2011
w.e.f. 15 December 2011; s. 28 (b) of Act 26 of 2013 w.e.f. 1 January 2014.]
51. —
[S. 51 repealed and replaced by s. 28 (c) of Act 26 of 2013 w.e.f. 1 January 2014; repealed by
s. 28 (c) of Act 26 of 2013 w.e.f. 19 May 2014.]