Section 19E:
Places of registration.
(1) Every application for registration shall be made to a
registering authority within the local limits of whose jurisdiction the owner of the inland
1[mechanically propelled vessel] ordinarily resides or carries on business.
(2) Where the owner applying for a certificate of registration is a company 2[within the
meaning of section 3 of the Companies Act, 1956 (1 of 1956)], the application may be made to
a registering authority within the local limits of whose jurisdiction the principal office of the
company is situate.
(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in this section, an inland 1[mechanically propelled
vessel] may be registered by a registering authority in any State, although the owner does not
ordinarily reside or carry on business in that State or, if a company, the principal place of
business of the company is not situate in that State:
Provided that the Government of the State in which the owner ordinarily resides or carries
on business, or in the case of a company the Government of the State where the principal place
of business of the company is situate, has accorded its previous approval thereto.
Notes:
1. Subs. by Act 35 of 1977, s. 5, for "steam-vessel" (w.e.f. 1-5-1978).
2. Subs. by s. 8, ibid., for certain words (w.e.f. 1-5-1978).