An application for the registry of an Indian ship shall be made-

(a) in the case of an individual, by the person requiring to be registered as owner or by his agent;

(b) in the case of more than one individual requiring to be so registered, by some one or more of the persons so requiring or by his or their agent; and

(c) in the case of a company [or a co-operative society] requiring to be so registered, by its agent;