Singapore legislation
Section 210
Section 210
Issue of new document
(1)
Where a document issued by the Director or the Registrar under this Act is mislaid, lost or destroyed, the following person (as applicable) must make a declaration stating the facts of the case to the best of the person’s knowledge and belief:
in the case of a document which relates to a ship, the master or the owner of the ship;
in the case of a document which relates to a person, the person;
some other person having knowledge of the facts of the case,and the Director or the Registrar may thereupon issue a new document in lieu of the original document.
(2)
The declaration under subsection (1) must contain an undertaking to surrender to the Director or the Registrar the document declared mislaid, lost or destroyed, when the document is subsequently recovered.
(3)
The Director or the Registrar may, on the delivery up to him or her of a document issued by him or her under this Act, issue a new document in lieu thereof.