(1) Where a Ghanaian ship is outside the territories of Ghana and a notification for a new registration is given, a proper officer of the Authority, shall on an application by the master, grant a provisional certificate describing the ship as altered or provisionally endorse the particulars of the alteration on the existing Certificate.

(2) Where the proper officer or any other appropriate authority grants a provisional certificate or provisionally endorses a certificate under this section, the officer or authority shall add to the certificate or endorsement a statement that it is provisional only.

(3) The master of a ship in respect of which a provisional certificate is granted or a

certificate is endorsed under this section shall, within ten days of the ship's arrival at a port in Ghana or within six months of the date of issue or endorsement of the certificate, whichever is sooner, deliver that certificate to the Registrar.

(4) A master who fails to comply with subsection (3) commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding two hundred and fifty penalty units or to a term of imprisonment not exceeding twelve months or to both the fine and the imprisonment.

(5) Where a ship in respect of which a provisional certificate is granted under this section first arrives at a port in Ghana, application for registration of that ship anew shall be made to the Registrar and the other requirements for registration shall be complied with.

(6) An owner of a ship who fails to comply with subsection (5) commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding two hundred and fifty penalty units or to a term of imprisonment not exceeding twelve months and an additional fine of fifty penalty units for each day during which the offence continues after the conviction.