(1) The Registrar of Ships shall keep such register books as may be deemed necessary including the following—
(a) a register book for merchant ships;
(b) a register book for fishing vessels;
(c) a register book for ships under construction; (Amended by Act 14 of 2016)
(d) a register book for ships registered under section 12A. (Inserted by Act 14 of 2016)
(2) Entries in a register book shall be made in accordance with the following provisions—
(a) the property in a ship shall be divided into 64 shares;
(b) subject to the provisions of this Part with respect to joint owners or owners by transmission, not more than 64 individuals shall be entitled to be registered at the same time as owners of any one ship; but this provision shall not affect the beneficial title of any number of individuals or of any corporation represented by or claiming under or through any registered owner or joint owner;
(c) a person shall not be entitled to be registered as owner of a fractional part of a share in a ship, but any number of persons not exceeding 5 may be registered as joint owners of a ship or of any share therein;
(d) joint owners shall be considered as constituting one person only as regards the persons entitled to be registered, and shall not be entitled to dispose in severalty of any interest in a ship, or in any share therein in respect of which they are registered; and
(e) a body corporate may be registered as owner in its corporate name.
(3) As soon as the requirements of this Act preliminary to registration of a ship have been complied with the Registrar of Ships shall enter in the register book the following particulars respecting the ship —
(a) the name of the ship and the previous name and registry, if any;
(b) the details contained in the certificate of survey;
(c) the particulars respecting the origin of the ship stated in the declaration of ownership;
(d) the name, address, occupation and nationality of the owner of the ship and where there is more than one owner what share in the ship is held by each;
(e) the Port of Registry or home port and the official number or identity mark;
(f) the international call sign of the ship, where one is assigned;
(g) the name of the builders, place and year of building of the ship;
(h) the description of the main technical characteristics of the ship;
(i) details with respect to any mortgages.
(3A) Without prejudice to subsection (3), the Registrar of Ships shall enter in the register book for ships registered under section 12A the following particulars in relation to the ship —
(a) the name of the owner with such annotation as may be necessary to show that the ship is entitled to be registered under section 12A(1) and the address of the owner;
(b) the name and address of the owner's agent in Saint Lucia;
(c) the name and address of any person who has been granted a mortgage of the ship or a share in the ship by any owner whose name is or is to be noted on the register;
(d) such details of the terms of any mortgage referred to in paragraph (c) as the Registrar of Ships requires to be noted;
(e) the age of the ship;
(f) any information contained in the ship's port state control inspection records.
(Inserted by Act 14 of 2016)
(4) The Registrar of Ships shall not register any ship purchased or otherwise acquired from a foreign subject or corporation where any bill of sale or other document under or by virtue of which the ship became vested in the applicant for registry contains any provision express, implied or constructive, restricting the use of the vessel or imputing any measure of continued control thereof by the government of a foreign country.
(5) Only those individual owners, joint owners and corporations recorded as owners in the register book shall be regarded as owners of the ship or part thereof.
(6) The Registrar of Ships shall keep a record in the manner approved by the Minister of —
(a) the date of deletion or suspension of the previous registration of the ship;
(b) maritime liens or other charges.