Application for registration of ships

(1) Any person of legal age and capacity or the duly authorized representative of such person, or a body corporate (whether established in Belize or elsewhere), may either directly or through a shipping agent apply to register a vessel in IMMARBE by submitting an application in the prescribed form as contained in Appendix I, of the Act, to any of the offices of IMMARBE, whether within or outside Belize. ships. (2) Every such application, as is referred to in subsection (1) shall be accompanied by the appropriate fee as set out in the First Schedule of the Act and the documents as specified in section 9 of the Act.