Rules as to name of Malaysian ships.
19. (1) A Malaysian ship shall not be described by any name
other than that by which she is for the time being registered.
(2) A change shall not be made in the name of a Malaysian ship without
the previous written permission of the Registrar General.
(3) Application for the Registrar General's permission shall be made in
writing, and if the Registrar General is of the opinion that the
application is reasonable, he may entertain the application and require
notice of the application to be published in such form and manner as he
thinks fit.
(4) Any person who wishes to lodge an objection to the proposed change
of name may do so in writing addressed to the Registrar General not later
than fourteen days from the date of the publication of the notice.
(5) If the Registrar General receives no objections to the proposed
change of name or having received an objection does not uphold the
objection, he may on payment of the prescribed fee approve the change of
name.
(6) On the approval of the change of name, the ship's name shall be
altered in the certificate or registry and on her bows and stern.
(7) A foreign ship which becomes a Malaysian ship, shall not be
registered except by the name which the ship bore immediately before
becoming a Malaysian ship, unless made with the written permission of the
Registrar General.
(8) Any person who contravenes this section shall be guilty of an
offence and on conviction for each offence be liable to a fine not
exceeding three thousand ringgit. Any ship may be detained until it
complies with this section.
