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Version date: 22 December 1955 - onwards
20. Prohibition of registry and saver for certain ships.
Amendments (requiring commencement) by Sch. 1 to the Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) Act 2014 (No. 43), published 25 December 2014.
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(1) Subject to subsection (2) of this section a ship which is not wholly owned by one or more qualified persons shall not be registered under this Act.
(2) Notwithstanding section 16 of this Act, a ship, whether owned by qualified persons or not, whose name is entered before the date of the passing of this Act, in a register book at a port in the State shall be deemed to be duly registered under this Act.