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| (1) When a registered Ceylon ship is so altered as not to correspond with the particulars relating to her tonnage or description contained in the register book, then,-
shall, on application being made to him and on receipt of a certificate from the proper Surveyor stating the particulars of the alteration, either
| | (a) if the alteration is made at any port having a Registrar, that Registrar; or | | |
| | (b) if the alteration is made elsewhere, the Registrar of the first port having a Registrar at which the ship arrives after the alteration, | | |
| | (i) cause the alteration to be registered; or | | |
| | (ii) direct that the ship be registered anew. | | |
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| (2) If default is made in registering anew a ship, or in registering an alteration of a ship so altered as aforesaid, the owner of the ship shall be guilty of an offence and on conviction thereof shall be liable to a fine not exceeding two thousand rupees and, in addition, to a fine of one hundred rupees for every day during which the offence continues after conviction. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts