The Enforcement Rules of the Ship Registration Law Article 13

Any registrant requesting to certify that he does not alter any thing that has been registered or that he does not make any registration with regard to some thing shall furnish two copies of application forms, elaborating what and when he requests, to which the applicant shall subscribe his name and affix his chop.Of the two copies of application forms mentioned in the previous paragraph, one shall be filed and the other, after endorsed by the Shipping Administration Authority, shall be returned to the applicant.