48. Restriction on re-registration of wrecked or abandoned ships
Where a ship has ceased to be registered as a Saint Lucian ship by reason of having been wrecked or abandoned, or for any reason other than capture by the enemy or transfer to a person not qualified to own a Saint Lucian ship, the ship shall not be re-registered until such ship has, at the expense of the applicant for re-registration, been surveyed by a Surveyor of Ships and certified by that surveyor to be seaworthy.