19QA. [ Mortgage of mechanically propelled vessel or share. [Inserted by Act 35 of 1977, Section 13, (w.e.f. 1.5.1978).]
The provisions of sections 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52 and 53 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1958, shall mutatis mutandis apply, in relation to the mortgage of a mechanically propelled vessel as they apply in relation to ships, subject to the following modifications, namely:--(a)in sections 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52 and 53, references to "ship", "registrar" and "register book", wherever they occur, shall, respectively, be construed as references to "mechanically propelled vessel", "registering authority" and "book of registration";(b)in section 47, in sub-section (1), for the words "the registrar of the ship's port of registry shall record it in the register book", the words "the registering authority shall record it in the book of registration" shall be substituted."]
