Section 11: Separation of registers.

(1) Without prejudice to Section 91, the Registrar shall keep such register as he considers necessary including the following— a) a register for merchant s hips; b) a register for fishing vessels; (2) The Registrar shall submit a copy of the register for fishing vessels kept under paragraph (b) of subsection (1) to the Director of Fisheries. (3) Entries in the register under subsection (1) shall be made in accordance with the following provisions— a) the property in a ship shall be divided into sixty-four shares; b) subject to this Part with respect to joint owners by transmission, not m ore than sixth-four individuals shall be entitled to be registered at the same time as owners of any one ship, but this provision shall not affect the beneficial title of any number of individuals or of any corporation represented by or claiming under or through any registered owner or joint owner; c) a person shall not be entitled to be registered as owner of a fractional part of a share in a ship, but any number of persons not exceeding five may be registered as joint owners of a ship of any share or shares therein; d) joint owners shall be considered as constituting one person only as regards the persons entitled to be registered and shall not be entitled to dispose in severalty of any interest in a ship or any share therein in respect of which they are registered; e) a body corporate may be registered as owner by its corporate name. (4) As soon as the requirements of this Act preliminary to registration of a ship have been complied with, the Registrar shall enter in the register the following particulars respecting the ship— a) the name of the ship and the previous name and registry, if any; b) details contained in the tonnage certificate; c) the particulars respecting its origin as stated in the declaration of ownership; d) the name, address, occupation and nationality of its owner and what share in the ship is held by each owner; e) the port of registry and official number or identity marks; f) the international call sign of the ship, where one is assigned; g) the name of the builder, place and year of the build of the ship; h) description of the main technical characteristics of the ship; i) details with respect to any mortgages. (5) The Registrar shall not register a ship purchased or otherwise acquired from a non-citizen or corporation where a bill of sale or other document under or by virtue of which the ship became vested in the applicant for registration contains any provision, express, implied or constructive, restricting the use of the vessel or imputing any measure of continued control thereof by the government of a foreign country. (6) Only those individual owners, joint owners and corporations recorded as owners in the register shall be regarded as owners of the ship or part thereof. (7) The Registrar shall keep a record in the manner approved by the Minister of— a) the date of deletion or suspension of the previous registration of the ship; b) the name, address, nationality and other details as appropriate; and c) other charges, if necessary. Qualifications for owning Sierra Leonean ships.