Malaysia legislation
Section 6
Section 6
Registers
(1)
The Director General shall maintain a Langkawi International
Yachts Register and a Langkawi International Yachting Entities
Register.
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Langkawi International Yacht Registry
(2)
The Langkawi International Yachts Register shall be divided into—
(a)
Part One for the registration of yachts of any length that are not bareboat chartered;
(b)
Part Two for the registration of bareboat chartered yachts;
and
(c)
Part Three for the registration of yachts under construction.
(3)
The Yachts Register shall contain particulars of Langkawi yachts and its yacht owners, and their respective interests in the yachts, bareboat charterers, mortgages and interests of mortgagees, and any other prescribed matters.
(4)
The Langkawi International Yachting Entities Register shall contain prescribed particulars regarding yachting entities registered under this Act.
(5)
No yacht shall be registered under more than one Part of the
Yachts Register at the same time, but registration may be transferred from one Part to another Part of the Register as may be appropriate according to the particular circumstances.
(6)
The Yachts Register and the Yachting Entities Register may consist of both manual and electronic records, or such other records as the Director General may consider necessary and expedient.
(7)
Any person may, on an application to the Director General and on payment of the prescribed fee, obtain a certified extract of the entries in the Yachts Register or the Yachting Entities Register.
Rectification of Registers 7.
The Director General shall be entitled to rectify the Yachts
Register or the Yachting Entities Register if—
(a)
a clerical error has occurred; or
(b)
sufficient evidence is produced to satisfy him that the entry is incorrect, and on making the rectification he shall, where necessary, issue a new certificate of registry in respect of the yacht, or a new certificate of registration in respect of the yachting entity.
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