(1) Every instrument for the transfer of an Indian ship or of a share
therein when duly executed shall be produced to the registrar of her port of registry, and the registrar
shall thereupon enter in the register book the name of the transferee as owner of the ship or share, as
the case may be, and shall endorse on the instrument the fact of that entry having been made with the
day and hour thereof.
(2) Every such instrument shall be entered in the register book in the order of its production to the registrar.
(2) Every such instrument shall be entered in the register book in the order of its production to the registrar.