REGISTRATION OF INDIAN SHIP
TO A SHIP TO BE REGISTERED IN INDIA FOLLOWING REQUIREMENT SHOULD BE MET:
- OWNED WHOLLY BY A CITIZEN OF INDIA.
- OWNED BY A COMPANY WHOSE PRINCIPLE BASE OF BUSINESS IS IN INDIA.
- OWNED BY ANY CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY WHICH IS REGISTERED IN INDIA
OBLIGATION:
- EVERY INDIAN SHIP UNLESS DOES NOT EXCEED 15 TONNES NET AND EMPLOYED SOLELY IN NAVIGATION AT THE COAST OF INDIA TO BE REGISTERED UNDER THIS ACT.
REGISTRY BOOK:
- PROPERTY IN A SHIP SHALL BE DIVIDED INTO 10 SHARES.
- IN CASE OF JOINT OWNERS 10 INDIVIDUAL MAXIMUM TO BE ENTITLED TO BE REGISTERED AT THE SAME TIME AS OWNER OF SHIP. BUT THIS WILL NOT EFFECT THE BENEFICIAL INTEREST OF ANY NUMBER OF PERSONS REPRESENTED BY OR CLAIMING UNDER OR THROUGH ANY REGISTERED OWNER OR JOINT OWNER.
- ONE PERSON CANNOT BE THE OWNER OF A PART OF THE SHARE, MEANING SINGLE SHARE FOR SINGLE PERSON.
- JOINT OWNERS CAN BE ANY NUMBER OF PERSONS NOT EXCEEDING 5 PERSONS. AND CAN BE CONSIDERED AS ONE PERSON
- A COMPANY CAN BE REGISTERED AS THE OWNER OF THE SHIP.
PARTICULARS IN REGISTRY BOOK:
- NAME OF THE SHIP.
- PORT OF REGISTRY.
- IDENTIFICATION NUMBER.
- DETAILS IN SURVEYORS CERTIFICATES.
- PARTICULARS RESPECTING ITS ORIGIN STATED IN DECLARATION OF OWNERSHIP.
- NAME AND DESCRIPTION OF ITS OWNER AND IN CASE OF MANY OWNERS THEN THE SHARES OWNED BY EACH.
APPLICATION OF REGISTRY:
TO BE DONE BY THE INDIVIDUAL OR BY THE GROUP OF INDIVIDUAL OR BY THE COMPANY OR THEIR AGENT. EVERY APPLICATION FOR THE REGISTRY OF SHIP SHOULD BE ACCOMPANIED BY FOLLOWING DOCUMENTS:
- THE DECLARATION OF OWNERSHIP.
- THE BUILDER CERTIFICATE WITH SIGN OF THE BUILDER AND CONTAINING THE PROPER DENOMINATION AND THE TONNAGE OF THE SHIP ESTIMATED BY HIM AND WITH TIME AND PLACE WHERE SHE WAS BUILD.
- INSTRUMENT OF SALE WHERE THE PROPERTY OF SHIP IS TRANSFERRED TO THE APLLICANT.
DECLARATION OF OWNERSHIP:
TO BE MADE BEFORE THE REGISTRAR, INDIAN CONSULOR OFFICER AND WHERE THE DECLARATION OF OWNERSHIP IS MADE NOT AT A PLACE OF PORT OF REGISTRY, THE PLACE OF ATTESTATION SHOULD BE DECLARED.
SURVEY AND MEASUREMENT OF SHIP BEFORE REGISTRY:
- THE OWNER OF THE INDIAN SHIP TO GET HIS SHIP SURVEYED AND TONNAGE OF THE SHIP ASCERTAINED IN A PRESCRIBED MANNER.
- THE SURVEYOR WILL GIVE CERTIFICATE OF TONNAGE AND BUILD AND ANY OTHER PARTICULAR DESCRIPTIVE OF THE IDENTITY OF THE SHIP.
- THIS CERTIFICATE TO BE PRESENTED BEFORE REGISTRAR BEFORE REGISTRY.
NAME OF THE SHIP:
- OWNER TO GIVE A 14 DAY NOTICE PROIR THE DATE AT WHICH HE WANT THE REGISTRY TO BE MADE FOR THE NAME PROPOSED FOR THE SHIP TO BE REGISTER.
- REGISTRAR SEND IT TO THE DG SHIPING.
- NO NAME TO BE GIVEN TO SHIP TILL APPROVAL IS RECEIVED FROM DG.
- OFFICIAL NUMBER TO BE APPLIED ALSO ALONG WITH IT.
CARVING AND MARKING NOTE:
AFTER NAME, OFFICIAL NUMBER, CERTIFICATE OF SURVEY HAS BEEN ALLOTED THEN A CARVING AND MARKING NOTE IS GIVEN TO OWNER BY REGISTRAR TO BE RETURNED BACK ONCE MARKING DONE ON SHIP AND CERTIFIED BY SURVEYOR.
MARKING ON SHIP:
- FRONT BOWS: NAME OF THE SHIP ON BOTH SIDE (IN DRK BACKGROUND WITH WHITE OR YELLOW COLOR).
- STERN: NAME OF THE SHIP AND PORT OF REGISTRY (IN DRK BACKGROUND WITH WHITE OR YELLOW COLOR).
- MAIN BEAM: OFFICIAL NUMBER AND REGISTERED TONNAGE.
- AFT AND FORWARD: DRAUGHT MARKS ON BOTH SIDE.
DOCUMENTS RETAINED BY REGISTRAR:
- SURVEYOR’S CERTIFICATE.
- BUILDER’S CERTIFICATE.
- INSTRUMENT OF SALE.
- DECLARATION OF OWNERSHIP.
SURVEY AND MEASUREMENT OF SHIP BEFORE REGISTRY:
- TO GET TONNAGE OF SHIP ASCERTAINED.
- SURVEYOR WILL GIVE CERTIFICATE OF TONNAGE AND BUILD AND ANY OTHER PARTICULAR DESCRIPTIVE OF THE IDENTITY OF SHIP.
- THIS CERTIFICATE TO BE PRESENTED BEFORE REGISTRY.
GRANTING OF CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRY:
AFTER COMPLETION OF THE ABOVE, CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRY IS ISSUED.
SPECIAL CASES
- POWER TO GRANT NEW CERTIFICATE IN CASE ORIGINAL IS DEFACED: THE OWNER TO PRODUCE THE MUTILATED CERTIFICATE IN FRONT OF THE REGISTRAR OF THE PORT OF REGISTRY AND CAN BE ISSUED A NEW CERTIFICATE.
- POWER TO GRANT NEW CERTIFICATE IN CASE ORIGINAL IS LOST: A) THE OWNER WILL RECEIVE IT FROM REGISTRAR OF PORT OF REGISTRY WHEN OWNER IS NOT ABLE TO FIND THE ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE. B) IN CASE THE SHIP ARRIVES TO A PORT NOT THE PORT OF REGISTRY AND THE MASTER WITH THE KNOWLEDGE OF THIS FACT WILL REPORT IT TO THE INDIAN CONSULAR OF THAT PORT WITH THE NAME OF THE OWNER AND DESCRIPTION OF THE OWNER TO THE BEST OF HIS KNOWLEDGE WHO WILL ISSUE HIM A PROVISIONAL CERTIFICATE STATING THE REASON TO ISSUE SUCH A CERTIFICATE. C) WHEN SHIP ARRIVES BACK TO INDIA THEN THIS PROVISIONAL CERTIFICATE TO BE PRESENTED TO THE REGISTRAR OF PORT OF REGISTRY WITHIN 14 DAYS OF ARRIVAL TO INDIA AND NEW CERTIFICATE IS ISSUED. NOTE: WHEN OLD CERTIFICATE IS FOUND THAT IS SEND TO THE REGISTRAR OF PORT OF REGISTRY AND IS CANCELLED.
ENDORSEMENT ON CERTIFICATE OF CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP: WHEN THERE IS A CHANGE IN THE OWNERSHIP OF THE SHIP, THE CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP SHOULD BE DONE BY THE REGISTRAR OF THAT PORT OF REGISTRY OR BY THE REGISTRAR OF THE PORT WHICH WAS ADVICED TO DO SO.
PROVISIONAL CERTIFICATE FOR SHIP ABROAD BECOMING INDIAN SHIP: THIS CERTIFICATE IS ISSUED BY INDIAN CONSULAR OF THAT PORT AND IS FORWARDED TO DG SHIPPING AND IS VALID FOR 6 MONTHS OR THE DATE AT WHICH IT ARRIVES TO INDIAN PORT WHERE THE REGISTRY SHOULD BE DONE.
TRANSMISSION OF PROPERTY IN INDIAN SHIP ON CASE OF DEATH OF AN OWNER:
- DECLARATION OF TRANSMISSION TO BE PRESENTED WITH VALID PROOF OF SUCCESSION.
- IN CASE OF INSOLVENCY DECLARATION OF TRANSMISSION ALONG WITH PROOF OF THE SAME.
CHANGE OF THE NAME OF THE SHIP:
IN CASE THE NAME OF THE SHIP OF AN ALREADY REGISTERED INDIAN SHIP THE AN ADVERTISEMENT SHOULD BE PUBLISHED IN 2 PROMINENT NEWSPAPERS WHERE THE PORT OF REGISTRY IS AND NO OBJECTION HAS BEEN PLACED AGAINST IT. THE COPY OF THAT ADVERTISEMENT IS SEND TO REGISTRAR WITH THE PRESCRIBED FEE TO CHANGE THE NAME