The Law of Ships Article 29

When the special inspection, periodical inspection or additional inspection as stipulated in Articles 25 to 27 occurs in a foreign country, the owner or master of the ship shall request a local ship register institute commissioned by the competent authority at the port of calling to execute the inspection.After passing the special inspection as stipulated in the preceding paragraph, the owner of the ship shall submit the inspection report to the shipping administration authority at the port of registry for application for issuing or renewing the Ship Inspection Certificate.After the ship has passed the periodical inspection or additional inspection as stipulated in Paragraph 1, the ship register institute shall endorse or note on the Ship Inspection Certificate.