Section 18
Section 18
( 1) The certificate of registry shall be used only for the navigation of the ship, and shall not be subject to deten-tion by reason of any title, lien, charge or interest whatever 31
Entry of par-ticulars in register book
Documents to be retained by Registrar
Port of reg-istry
Certificate of registry
Custody of certificate
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Penalty for use oftm-proper certi-ficate
Power to grant new certificate
Provision for loss of certi-ficate
Merchant Shipping had or claimed by mortgagee or other person to, on, or in the ship.
(2)
If any person, whether interested in the ship or not, refuses on request to deliver up the certificate of reg-istry when in his possession or under his control to the per-son entitled to the custody thereof for the purposes of the lawful nagivation of the ship, or to the Registrar, an officer of customs, or any other person entitled by law to require such delivery, any Magistrate may summon the person so refusing to appear before him, and to be examined touching such refusal, and unless it is proved to the satisfaction of the court that there was reasonable cause for such refusal, the offender shall be guilty of an offence: Penalty, a fine of
$2,000, but if it is shown to the court that the certificate is lost, the person summoned shall be discharged, and the court shall certify that the certificate of registry is lost.
(3)
If the person so refusing is proved to have absconded, or if he persists in not delivering up the certi-ficate, the court shall certify the fact, and the same proceed-ings may then be taken as in the case of a certificate mislaid, lost or destroyed, or as near thereto as circumstances per-mit.