The Law of Ships Article 28-1

In case the owner of the ship fails to apply for periodical inspections or special inspections in accordance with the regulations and is overdue for five years, the shipping administration authority shall notify the owner of the ship to proceed the required inspections within three months. Those who fail to process in the limit period without any good reason, the shipping administration authority will announce it for three months; if no objection has been filed after the expiration of the announcement, the ship's document may be cancelled according to the provisions stipulated in Article 11 and the registration will be cancelled as well.Where the owner of private yacht that is less than 24 meters in length and the member capacity is less than 12 people fails to submit the self-checklist according to the regulations after five years of overdue, the shipping administration authority shall proceed in accordance with the procedure mentioned above. If there is no objection after the expiration of the announcement, the yacht’s certificate and registration will be canceled.If the facts are found after the event of the ship being deregistered by the shipping administration authority, the owner of the ship may attach relevant documents and apply to the shipping administration authority for conducting special inspections and issuing relevant documents as well as restore to registration.