http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/21/section/14/2014-10-13Merchant Shipping Act 1995An Act to consolidate the Merchant Shipping Acts 1894 to 1994 and other enactments relating to merchant shipping.1995-07-19texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2026-04-01Expert Participation2014-10-13 Part II Registration General Offences relating to a ship’s British connection.141Any person who, in relation to any matter relevant to the British connection of a ship—amakes to the registrar a statement which he knows to be false or recklessly makes a statement which is false; orbfurnishes to the registrar information which is false,shall be guilty of an offence.2If at any time there occurs, in relation to a registered ship, any change affecting the British connection of the ship the owner of the ship shall, as soon as practicable after the change occurs, notify the registrar of that change; and if he fails to do so he shall be guilty of an offence.3Any person who intentionally alters, suppresses, conceals or destroys a document which contains information relating to the British connection of a ship and which he has been required to produce to the registrar in pursuance of registration regulations shall be guilty of an offence.4A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable—aon summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum;bon conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or a fine, or both.5This section applies to things done outside, as well as to things done within, the United Kingdom.