Section 30

Where any person, whether interested in the ship or not, refuses on request to deliver up the certificate of registry when in his possession or under his control to the person entitled to the custody of the certificate for the purposes of the lawful navigation of the ship, or to the Registrar, any authorized officer, officer of customs, or other person entitled by law to require such delivery, any Magistrate may summon the person so refusing to appear before him, and to be summarily examined before him, unless it is proved to the satisfaction of the Magistrate that there was reasonable cause for such refusal, that person commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to both.

Issuance of new certificate of registry.