Section 42, The Merchant Shipping Act, 2003

The Minister, on the advice of the Administration, may by statutory instrument make regulations relating to—a) the grant of a new Certificate of Registry; b) the loss of a Certificate of Registry; c) the endorsement of the change of ownership on a Certificate of Registry; and d) the delivery up of a Certificate of Registry of a ship that is lost or broken up or has been removed form the register or has ceased to be a Sierra Leonean ship. Issue and custody of