Malaysia legislation
Section 19
Section 19
Name of yacht
(1)
On making an application for the registration of a yacht, the applicant shall propose a name by which the yacht is to be known.
(2)
The requirements regulating the names of yachts to be registered shall be as prescribed.
(3)
A person shall not describe a Langkawi yacht by any name other than that name by which the yacht is for the time being registered.
(4)
The owner of a Langkawi yacht shall not change the name of the yacht, or cause or permit any such change, without the prior written permission of the Director General.
(5)
The Director General shall, where it is shown to his satisfaction that the name of a Langkawi yacht has been changed without his permission, direct that the name of the yacht by which it was registered before the change be restored, and upon such direction, but subject to the regulations on the carving and marking of yachts, the owner of the yacht shall cause that name to be carved and marked on the hull of the yacht.
(6)
The Director General may, where there is a contravention of or failure to comply with any requirement or direction given under this section in respect of the yacht, detain the yacht until the contravention ceases or the requirement or direction is complied with, as the case may be.
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