Procedure for preliminary registration

(1) The preliminary registration of documents relating to vessels referred to in section 33 of this Act shall be effected at the Head Office through IMMARBE’s Deputy Registrars and their designated offices on the basis of the applications submitted to them for that purpose. (2) The applications for preliminary registration shall be in the prescribed form and shall contain all the requisite information stated in section 13(1) and/or section 15(1) of this Act, as appropriate. (3) Where any such application is received and processed at one of IMMARBE’s designated offices abroad, it shall be promptly transmitted to the Head Office by e-mail, facsimile or courier service. (4) With every application for preliminary registration of documents referred to in section 33 of this Act, the applicant shall deliver, in duplicate and duly authenticated in like manner as provided in section 30 (4) of this Act, the documents required to be so registered. (5) Upon verification that the application complies with all the necessary requirements, and upon payment of the prescribed fees, the Head Office shall effect the preliminary registration of such documents, and shall issue or authorise the corresponding designated office to issue the certificate of 29 (6) After the completion of the preliminary registration, one set of documents delivered by the applicant under subsection (4) of this section shall be filed at the designated office through which the preliminary registration was effected, and the other set shall be returned to the applicant with a special seal affixed thereto confirming that preliminary registration was effected by the said documents.