Registration will accord the craft a Singapore nationality. The Register does not provide evidence of title nor does it accommodate the registration of mortgages.
Registration is voluntary.
Pleasure craft owned by a person who is an ordinary resident in Singapore may be registered with the Singapore Registry. The craft registered is to be used exclusively for the purpose of pleasure and not offered for commercial use or reward. There is no restriction on the size of the craft registered. . The term ordinary resident means the place where the person habitually and normally resides from choice and for a settled purpose apart from temporary or occasional absences. Care Of addresses are not acceptable.