Procedures for Registration
It is not possible to list down every procedural requirement for registration but some aspects need to be addressed. All applications for registration must be made to the Registrar-General by the shipowning company. If the applicant is an individual, it should be made in his capacity as a shipowner. But in the situation when the application is made by more than one person, then it should be made by their agent and must be authorized in writing, under the common seal of the corporation if appointed by the shipowner. The application for registration must be made in the Form prescribed by statute with a statutory declaration containing the following particulars:
(a) the name of the ship and its existing tonnage (if known);
(b) a statement of the date and place of building of the ship;
(c) a statement as to the owner of the ship and the citizenship of such owner; and if the ship is owned by more than one person, the number of shares each is entitled to;
(d) a statement of the name of the master of the ship and his citizenship;
(e) a statement that no other person (other than those declared) is entitled as owner to any legal or beneficial interest in the ship or any share thereof;
(f) except where the operator and the owner of the ship are the same person, the name and citizenship of the operator of the ship;
(g) a declaration that the particulars stated in the form are true to the best of the owner’s knowledge and belief; and
(h) such other particulars as may be prescribed (eg classification of the ship).
Firstly before a ship may be registered in Malaysia, the owner must have it measured and surveyed by the surveyor of ships. The surveyor of ships shall satisfy, in a fitting case, a certification specifying the ship’s tonnage and build in addition to any particulars the Registrar-General may request from the owner. Once the registrar is satisfied with the information he has received and then noted it in the register book. In addition the shipowner must produce a builders’ certificate signed by the shipbuilder. If he does not receive a builders’ certificate, then he will need to manufacture an instrument of sale under which the ship or share therein has become vested in the owner as evidence on first registry. | 
