Section 40: Marking of ships.

(1) A ship shall, before being registered in Sierra Leone, be marked permanently and conspicuously in accordance with regulations made under this Act. (2) Where the Registrar is satisfied that a ship is insufficiently or inaccurately marked, he may suspend the Certificate of Registry of the ship or in the absence of such certificate he may detain the ship until the insufficiency or inaccuracy has been remedied to his satisfaction.