Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) Act 2014

Power of court to prohibit transfer

53. (1) The High Court may, on the application of any interested person, make an order prohibiting any dealing with a registered ship or a share in a registered ship for a specified period of time and on any terms or conditions as the Court thinks just, or may refuse to make the order, or may discharge the order when made, with or without costs, and generally may act in the case as the justice of the case requires.

(2) The order of the Court under subsection (1) when served shall be binding on the Minister.