Every ship entitled to be registered that was immediately before the
commencing date registered in terms of a repealed law at a South African port is
deemed, on and from that date, to be registered in terms of this Act.
(2) Any entry or record in respect of a ship referred to in subitem (1), that
immediately before the commencing date appeared in a register book kept at a South
African port in terms of a repealed law, is deemed to be an entry or record in the Register
in respect of that ship and to have been made on the date on which and at the time when
it was made in terms of the repealed law