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Version status: In force | Document consolidation status: Updated to reflect all known changes
Version date: 22 December 1955 - onwards

35. Penalty for use of improper certificate.

Amendments (requiring commencement) by Sch. 1 to the Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) Act 2014 (No. 43), published 25 December 2014.

If the master or owner of a ship uses or attempts to use for her navigation a certificate of registry not legally granted in respect of the ship, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanour and the ship shall be subject to forfeiture under this Act.