Singapore legislation
Section 365
Section 365
Permanent certificate of registry
Upon receipt of the application under section 361 and upon payment of the initial registration fee provided for in section 366, the Registrar may issue a permanent certificate of registry for the ship but before doing so he shall satisfy himself —
(a)
that any foreign certificate of registry or ship’s document for the ship has been lawfully cancelled or has been surrendered with the consent of the government which issued it;
(b)
that the ship is in a seaworthy condition;
(c)
that a certificate of measurement for the ship has been issued under section 363; and
(d)
that the requirements of section 364 as to the marking of the ship have been complied with.[403