No Vessel to until registered. tering of British Vessels, except where any other Commencement is herein-after particularly directed. CERTIFICATE. II. AND be it further enacted, That no Ship or Vessel enjoy Privileges shall be entitled to any of the Privileges or Advantages of a British registered Ship (1), until the Person or Persons claiming Property therein shall have caused the same to be registered in manner herein-after mentioned (2), and shall have obtained a Certificate of such Registry from the Person or Persons authorized to make such Registry, and grant such Certificate as herein-after directed; the Form of which Certificate shall be as follows; videlicet, Certificate of THIS is to certify, That in pursuance of an Act passed in the Sixth Year of the Reign of King George the Fourth, intituled An Act [here insert the Title of this Act, the Names, Occupation, and Residence of the • subscribing Owners], having taken and subscribed the Oath (3) required by this Act, and having sworn that [he or they] together with [Names, Occupations, and • Residence of non-subscribing Owners] [is or are] sołe Owner or Owners, in the Proportions (3) specified on the Back hereof, of the Ship or Vessel called the [Ship's • Name] of [Place to which the Vessel belongs], which is of the Burthen of [Number of Tons], and whereof [Master's Name] is Master, and that the said Ship or Vessel was [when and where built, or condemned as Prize, referring to Builder's Certificate (4), Judge's Certificate (5), or • Certificate of last Registry, then delivered up to be cancelled], and [Name and Employment of surveying Officer] having certified to us that the said Ship or Vessel has [Number] Decks and [Number] Masts, that her Length from the fore Part of the Main Stem to the after Part of the Stern Post aloft is [Number of Fect and Inches], her Breadth at the broadest Part [stating whether that be above or below the Main Wales] is [Number of Feet and Inches], her [Height between Decks, if more than (1) No Ship admitted to be British unless duly registered, except certain Boats, &c., see Cap. 109. § 12. 13. (2) See § 35. which provides for Ships not having completed their Voyage in Time, and preserves the Registries made under the late Act, 4 Geo. 4 Cap. 41. if the Shares be set forth. See also § 4. and Remarks. (3) See Oath, § 14.; and as to Shares, § 32. (4) See $ 25. (5) See § 294 One Deck, or Depth in the Hold, if only One Deck] is [Number of Feet and Inches], that she is [how rigged] rigged with a [standing or running] Bowsprit, is [Description of Stern] sterned [Curvel or Clinker] built, has [whether any or no] Gallery, and [Kind of Head, if any] ⚫ Head; and the said subscribing Owners having consented ⚫ and agreed to the above Description, and having caused sufficient Security to be given, as is required by the said Act, the said Ship or Vessel called the [Name] has been duly registered (1) at the Port of [Name of Port]. Certified under our Hands at the Custom House, in the said Port of [Name of Port] this [Date] Day of [Name of Month] in the Year [Words at Length.] 6 [Signed] Collector. And on the Back of such Certificate of Registry there shall be an Account of the Parts or Shares held by each of the Owners mentioned and described in such Certificate, in the Form and Manner following: III. AND be it further enacted, That the Persons Persons autho authorized and required to make such Registry and grant rized to make such Certificates shall be the Collector and Comptroller of Registry and His Majesty's Customs in any Port in the United King- cates. dom of Great Britain and Ireland, and in the Isle of Man (1) See Book of Registers, § 11. See Oath, $14. See Survey, § 16. (2) The Names of Partners holding in Copartnership will be set forth as such, in the Place of any single Owner, connected with a Bracket, see § 32. So also would any Number of Persons holding jointly any Share or Shares, see § 33. They would in both Cases stand as one Owner, and upon Sale must all execute the Bill of Sale for any Part of the Property. grant Certifi Provision as to Certain Powers of Collectors and Comptrollers, by whom to be exercised in certain Cases. respectively, in respect of Ships or Vessels to be there registered; AND the principal Officers of His Majesty's Customs in the Island of Guernsey or Jersey, together with the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, or Commander in Chief of those Islands respectively, in respect of Ships or Vessels to be there registered; AND the Collector and Comptroller of His Majesty's Customs of any Port in the Colonies, Plantations, Islands, and Territories to His Majesty belonging in Asia, Africa, and America, together with the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, or Commander in Chief of such Colonies, Plantations, Islands, and Territories respectively, in respect of Ships or Vessels to be there registered; AND the Collector of Duties at any Port in the Territories under the Government of the East India Company, and other Territories belonging to His Majesty within the Limits of the Charter of the said Company, payable to the said Company, or any other Person of the Rank in the said Company's Service of Senior Merchant, or of Six Years standing in the said Service, being respectively appointed to act in the Execution of this Act, by any of the Governments of the said Company in India, in any Ports in which there shall be no Collector and Comptroller of His Majesty's Customs, in respect of Ships or Vessels to be there registered; AND the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, or Commander in Chief of Malta, Gibraltar, Heligoland, and Cape of Good Hope respectively, in respect of Ships or Vessels to be there registered: PROVIDED always, that no Ship or Vessel shall be registered at Malta, Gibraltar, or Heligoland, except such as are wholly of the Built of those Places respectively, and such Ships or Vessels shall not be registered elsewhere; any and that such Ships or Vessels so registered shall not be entitled to the Privileges and Advantages of British Ships in any Trade between the said United Kingdom and of the Colonies, Plantations, Islands, or Territories in America to His Majesty belonging: PROVIDED also, that wherever in and by this Act it is directed or provided that any Act, Matter, or Thing shall and may be done or performed by, to, or with any Collector and Comptroller of His Majesty's Customs, the same shall or may be done or performed by, to, or with the principal Officers of Customs in the Islands of Guernsey or Jersey, together with the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, or Commander in Chief of those Islands respectively, AND also by, to, or with such Collector or other Person in India in the Service of the East India Company as aforesaid, AND also by, to, or with the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, or Commander in Chief of Malta, Gibraltar, Heligoland, or Cape of Good Hope, and according as the same Act, Matter, or Thing is to be done or performed at the said several and respective Places, and within the Jurisdiction of the said several Persons respectively: PROVIDED also, that wherever in and by this Act it is directed or provided that any Act, Matter, or Thing shall or may be done or performed by, to, or with the Commissioners of His Majesty's Customs, the same shall or may be done or performed by, to, or with the said Commissioners, or any Two or more of them, in England, Ireland, or Scotland respectively,AND also by, to, or with the Governor (1), Lieutenant Governor, or Commander in Chief of any Place where any Ship or Vessel may be registered under the Authority of this Act, so far as such Act, Matter, or Thing can be applicable to the registering of any Ship or Vessel at such Place. SHIPS PRIVILEGED. IV. AND be it further enacted, That in case any Ship Ships exercising or Vessel, not being duly registered, and not having ob- fore Registry to tained such Certificate of Registry as aforesaid, shall exer- be forfeited; cise any of the Privileges of a British Ship (2), the same shall be subject to Forfeiture, and also all the Guns, Furniture, Ammunition, Tackle, and Apparel to the same Ship or Vessel belonging, and shall and may be seized by any Officer or Officers of His Majesty's Customs: PROVIDED always, that nothing in this Act shall extend but not to affect or be construed to extend to affect the Privileges of any Vessels already Ship or Vessel which shall have been registered by virtue required to be of any Act or Acts which was or were in force for the registered de Registry of British Ships and granting Certificates thereof novo. prior to the Thirty-first Day of December One thousand eight hundred and twenty-three (3), or by virtue of any Act or Acts which was or were in force at the Time of the registered, till (1) See Power of Governors to stay Proceedings, § 48. (2) The general Privileges are laid down in the Act of Navigation, Cap. 109. Particular Privileges will be found in various Acts. (3) From that Day the Act 4 Geo. 4. Cap. 41. repealed former Acts, and this Provision is to continue to preserve Rights under them which were pre What Ships are entitled to be registered. Foreign Repairs not to exceed 20s. per Ton. The Master, on port such Repairs. Commencement of this Act, until (1) such Time or V. AND be it further enacted, That no Ship or Vessel shall be registered, -or having been registered, shall be deemed to be duly registered by virtue of this Act, except such as are wholly of the Built (2) of the said United Kingdom, or of the Isle of Man, or of the Islands of Guernsey or Jersey, or of some of the Colonies, Plantations, Islands, or Territories in Asia, Africa, or America, or of Malta, Gibraltar, or Heligoland (3), which belong to His Majesty, His Heirs or Successors, at the Time of the Building of such Ships or Vessels, —— OR such Ships or Vessels as shall have been condemned in any Court of Admiralty as Prize of War (4), OR such Ships or Vessels as shall have been condemned in any competent Court as forfeited for the Breach of the Laws made for the Prevention of the Slave Trade (5), — and which shall wholly belong and continue wholly to belong to His Majesty's Subjects, duly entitled to be Owners (6) of Ships or Vessels registered by virtue of this Act. SHIPS DISQUALIFIED. VI. AND be it further enacted, That no Ship or Vessel shall continue to enjoy the Privileges of a British Ship after the same shall have been repaired in a Foreign Country, if such Repairs shall exceed the Sum of Twenty Shillings for every Ton of the Burthen of the said Ship or Vessel,unless such Repairs shall have been necessary by reason of extraordinary Damage sustained by such Ship or Vessel during her Absence from His Majesty's Dominions, to enable her to perform the Voyage in which she shall have been engaged, and to return to some Port or Place of the said Dominions; AND whenever any Ship or Vessel which has been so repaired in a Foreign Country shall (1) The Time allowed for Registry de novo under the Act 4 Geo. 4. Cap. 41. is the 1st January 1826. The Time under this Act is its Commencement,. viz. 5th January 1826, see § 1.; and for further Time allowed in certain Cases, see $35. (2) See Certificate of Builder, $25. (3) See Limitation of Privileges of Ships built at Malta, Gibraltar, or Heligoland, § 3. (4) See § 29. (5) See § 29. (6) See § 13. See also Sale of any Part to a Foreigner, Condition of Bond, $21. |