Ghana Shipping (Amendment) Act, 2011 (Act 826)
Section 3—Obligation to register and Regulations on Ghanaian ships
(1) A ship owned by any of the persons described in paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (e) of section 2 shall be registered in Ghana unless
(a) the ship is licensed to operate solely within Ghanaian waters, or
(b) the ship is exempt from being licensed under section 40.
(2) A foreign ship owned by a person or a body corporate in registered joint venture relationship with a Ghanaian may be registered in Ghana.
(3) A Ghanaian Government ship shall be registered in one of the register books provided for under section 13 of this Act.
(4) The Director-General may detain any ship wholly owned by persons qualified to own a registered or licensed Ghanaian ship where the master of the ship fails to produce the certificate of registry or any licence on demand until that evidence is produced.
(5) A ship required to be registered under this Act shall not be recognised as a Ghanaian ship and shall not be entitled to rights and privileges accorded a Ghanaian ship unless it is registered.
(6) Where the Director-General has any doubt as to the qualification of any ship registered under this Part the Director-General may direct the Registrar of ships to demand that evidence be produced to the satisfaction of the Director-General within such time as the Director-General may specify that the ship is qualified to be registered.
(7) Where the Director-General specifies a time limit within which satisfactory evidence of qualification has to be given to the Registrar and it is not given the ship shall be de-registered.
(8) The Minister may make Regulations on matters relating to the obligation to register ships.
Subject : Trading In Ghanaian Waters
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