# Plantation Trade Act 1695, Section XIX: XIX. On changing the Name of registered Ship, Register de novo.


Sale to be endorsed on Certificate of Registry.
And bee itt further enacted by the Authority aforesaid That noe Shipps Name registred shall bee afterwards changed without registring such Shipp de novo which is hereby required to bee done upon any Transferr of Property to another Port and delivering upp the former Certificate to bee cancelled under the same Penalties and in the like Method as is herein before directed And that in case any Alteration of Property in the same Port by the Sale of one or more Shares in any Shipp after registring thereof such Sale shall alwayes bee acknowledged by Endorsement on the Certificate of the Register before Two Witnesses in order to prove that the entire Property in such Shipp remaines to some of the Subjects of England if any Dispute arises concerning the same.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/aep/Will3/7-8/22/section/XIX (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/plantation-trade-act-1695/section-XIX
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