Ghana Shipping (Amendment) Act, 2011 (Act 826)
Section 8—Builder's certificate and evidence required on first registration of a Ship (1) Where a ship is built in Ghana the builder shall issue to the owner a signed builder's certificate containing the following: (a) the true account of the proper denomination and tonnage of the ship as estimated by the builder; (b) the date and place where the ship was built; and (c) the name of the person for whom the ship was built. (2) A ship builder who fails to comply with subsection (1) or wilfully makes a false statement in a certificate given commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding 500 penalty units or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both. (3) On the first registration of a ship the following evidence shall be produced by the applicant in addition to the declaration required under section 5: (a) the builder's certificate specified under subsection (1); (b) if there has been any sale, the bill of sale under which the ship or any share in her has become vested in the applicant; (c) in the case of a foreign-built ship, a builder's certificate unless the applicant declares (i) that the date and place of its building are unknown to the applicant, or (ii) that the builder's certificate cannot be procured, in which case there shall be registered only the bill of sale under which the ship or a share in it became vested in the applicant; and (d) in the case of a ship condemned by a competent authority, the official copy of the condemnation document.
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