Merchant Shipping Act (Cap. 234)
Merchant Shipping Act (Cap. 234), article 188
188. Where for any reason, except with the permission of the
Minister, a person arriving in Malta in a ship as a stowaway is left
behind in Malta, the cost of his maintenance, if any, incurred by the
Government of Malta and the expense necessary for the removal of
such person from Malta, shall be a liability of the agent of the ship
from which the stowaway has landed, and any such cost or expense
shall, unless met by the said agent, be recoverable from him.
Master to notify
discovery of
stowaway.
Amended by:
XIII. 1983.5;
XXII. 2000.2.
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