Section 43
Section 43
( 1) When a registered Brunei ship is so altered as not to correspond with the particulars relating to her tonnage or description contained in the register book, the owner shall apply for the ship to be registered anew.
(2)
The Registrar shall, on receipt of the application and on the production of a certificate from a surveyor stat-ing the particulars of the alteration, proceed as in the case of first registry and on the delivery up to him of the existing certificate of registry and on the other requisites as to reg-istry being complied with, shall make such registry anew and grant a new certificate of registry containing a description of the ship as altered.
(3)
If default is made in registering anew a Brunei ship so altered as aforesaid, the owner of the ship shall be guilty of an offence: Penalty, a fine of $2,000 and, in addi-tion, a fine of $100 for every day during which the offence continues after conviction.