Law No. 12/2019 on Vessel Commercial Registration. Country/Territory China, Macao SAR Document type Legislation Date 2019 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Sea Keyword Navigation Registration Enforcement/compliance Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Offences/penalties Geographical area Asia, Eastern Asia, North Pacific, North-West Pacific Entry into force notes This Law enters into force 90 days after publication. Abstract This Law, consisting of 83 articles divided into eleven Chapters, establishes the legal regime for the commercial registration of vessels in the Macao Special Administrative Region (RAEM). The purpose of commercial vessel registration aims to publicize its legal situation with a view to ensuring legal trade. It does not apply to: 1) vessels used for public purposes and by public services, in order to carry out their own attributions; 2) vessels legally exempted from registration in the maritime registry. The commercial registration of vessels is under the responsibility of the Commercial Registration and Mobile Property Registry (CRCBM). Are subject to registration: Contract for vessel construction; Contract for major repair; Rights of ownership, usufruct and use; Reservation of property, stipulated in a sale agreement; Mortgage, its modification, transmission or assignment of the priority of registration, as well as the assignment of mortgage credit; Leasing and transfer of rights; Leasing for more than one year; Promise of alienation, the preference agreements and the willing disposition, as well as the assignment of the contractual position arising from these facts; Seizure, arrest and any other judicial measures affecting the free disposal of the vessel; Transfer of registered rights or credits, pledge, arrest of these rights; The legal facts that imply the extinction of registered rights, burdens or charges; Any changes to the vessel identification elements which are to be recorded in the register and registrations. Full text Portuguese Website bo.io.gov.mo References - Legislation Implements Decree-Law No. 90/99/M approving the Regulation for Maritime Activities. Legislation | China, Macao SAR | 1999 Keyword: Navigation, Registration, Enforcement/compliance, Offences/penalties Source: FAO, FAOLEX