Singapore legislation
Section 367
Section 367
Provisional certificate of registration
(1)
The Registrar may if so requested by the applicant and on payment of the prescribed fee issue a provisional certificate of registry where he is satisfied —
where the ship has a foreign certificate of registry — that such certificate has been cancelled or that the government which issued it has consented to its surrender and cancellation and the certificate has been surrendered for cancellation or that steps have been taken to cause it to be so surrendered;
that the ship is in a seaworthy condition; and
that the marking of the ship as required under section 364 has been done or that steps have been taken to cause it to be done as soon as the provisional certificate of registry is obtained.
(2)
If the owner of the ship fails within a period of 30 days after the issue of the provisional certificate to furnish satisfactory proof to the Registrar that the foreign certificate of registry of the ship has been surrendered for cancellation and that section 364 has been complied with or if within such period it is established that the owner will not or will not be able to comply with such requirements, the Registrar may cancel the provisional certificate of registry.
(3)
If the Registrar is satisfied after the issue of the provisional certificate of registry —
that the foreign registry of the ship has been cancelled;
that section 364 as to the marking of the ship has been complied with; and
that the ship has been measured and surveyed and a certificate of measurement issued,he may, on the surrender of the provisonal certificate, issue a permanent certificate of registry.
(4)
The fees payable shall be adjusted in accordance with the tonnage established by the certificate of measurement.[405