Ships entitled to be registered
Subject to this Chapter, the following ships are entitled to be registered
(a) South African-owned ships;
(b) small vessels, other than fishing vessels, that are
(i) wholly owned by SouthAfrican residents or SouthAfrican residents and
South African nationals; or
(ii) operated solely by South African residents or South African nationals or
both such residents and such nationals; and
(c) ships on bareboat charter to South African nationals.
Inspection and tonnage measurement of ship before registration
(1) No ship may be registered, unless
(a) it has undergone the prescribed inspection; and
(b) a certificate relating to the tonnage measurement of the ship, issued in terms
(b) of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1951, has been lodged with the Registrar.
(2) Subsection (1)(b) does not apply to a prescribed ship, or ships of a prescribed
class or description.
THE REGISTER
South African Ships Register
(1) There is hereby established the SouthAfrican Ships Register, in which must
be entered all matters required or permitted by this Act to be entered in the Register.
(2) The Register may be divided into parts so as to distinguish between classes or
descriptions of ships.
(3) The Register and copies of the Register, or of such part or parts of the Register
that the Authority may direct, must be kept at the Registration Office or at the branch
offices that the Authority may direct.
Access to Register
Any person may have access to the Register at any reasonable time during the
hours when the Registration Office, or a branch office, as the case may be, is open for
business, and is entitled against payment of the relevant charge to be furnished with a
copy of or extract from any entry in the Register.
Rectification of Register