Cap. 234 Art. 20Custody of certificate. 

(1) Any certificate of registry shall be used only for the lawful navigation of the ship and shall not be subject to detention by reason of any title, lien, charge or interest whatever had or claimed by any owner, mortgagee, or other person to, on or in the ship.

(2) Except as otherwise authorised or prescribed by or under this Act, no person, whether interested in the ship or not, shall refuse on request to deliver up any certificate of registry when in his possession or under his control to the person entitled to the custody thereof for the purposes of the lawful navigation of the ship, or to any registrar or other person entitled by law to require such delivery; and any person so refusing shall, unless it is shown that there was reasonable cause for such refusal, be liable to a fine (multa) not exceeding one hundred units.