Section 19A:
Inland mechanically propelled vessels not to proceed on voyage or be used for service without certificate of registration.
1[219A. Inland mechanically propelled vessels not to proceed on voyage or be used for
service without certificate of registration.--(1) An inland 1[mechanically propelled vessel]
shall not proceed on any voyage or be used for any service, unless it has a certificate of
registration in force in respect thereof and granted under this Act.
(2) Nothing in this section shall--
(a) apply to any 1[mechanically propelled vessel] built at any place other than a place of registry
and making her first voyage to any such place for the purpose of registration; or
(b) be in derogation of the provisions contained in section 3.
Notes:
1. Subs. by Act 35 of 1977, s. 5, for "steam-vessel" (w.e.f. 1-5-1978).
2. Ins. by Act 26 of 1951, s. 3.
3. Subs. by Act 35 of 1977, s. 5, for "steam-vessels" (w.e.f. 1-5-1978).