Procedure for permanent registration

(1) The permanent registration of ownership titles, mortgages, assignments of mortgages, discharge of mortgages, supplements or addenda thereto, or any other documents relating to vessels which are subject to this Act shall be effected at the Head Office, provided that such documents are in the prescribed form and comply with all the requirements of this Act or any regulations made thereunder. (2) If the documents presented for permanent registration have been preliminarily registered at IMMARBE in accordance with section 35 of this Act, the applicant shall resubmit the same set of documents returned to him pursuant to subsection (6) of that section. (3) Where a document for permanent registration is in a language other than the English language, it shall be translated into the English language, by a competent and qualified translator. (4) The documents will then be officially filed at the Head and shall be permanently in the corresponding record book, provided that they are in the prescribed form and comply with all the requirements of this Act or any regulations made thereunder. (5) After permanent registration has been completed, one registered certified true copy of the filed documents, duly sealed, together with a certificate of permanent registration containing the official date and time of permanent registration, shall be delivered to the applicant, and the original documents 30 used for permanent registration shall be kept on the vessel’s file at the Head Office.