52. The affidavit shall also state-

(a) In an action for wages, the national character of the ship, and if the ship is neither a British nor an Ottoman ship, that notice of the action has been served upon a consular officer of the State to which the ship belongs, if there is one resident in Cyprus;

(b) In an action for necessaries, or for building, equipping, or repairing any ship, the national character of the ship, and that, to the best of the deponent’s belief, no owner or part owner of the ship was domiciled in Cyprus at the time when the necessaries were supplied or the work was done.