Merchant Shipping Act (Cap. 234), article 235

235. (1) If a Maltese passenger ship in respect of which a safety certificate is in force has on board a total number of persons less than the number of persons stated in that certificate to be the number for which the life-saving appliances on the ship provide, the Minister may, at the request of the master or owner, issue a memorandum stating the total number of persons carried on the ship on that voyage and the consequent modifications which may be made for the purpose of that voyage in the particulars with respect to life-saving appliances stated in the certificate, and that memorandum shall be annexed to the certificate; and the certificate shall have effect for the purpose of that voyage as modified by the memorandum. (2) Every such memorandum shall be returned to the Minister at the end of the voyage to which it relates; and if it is not so returned, the master, or the owner, or the bareboat charterer of the ship shall be liable to a fine (multa) not exceeding twenty units. Provisions as to life-saving appliances. Amended by:  XIII. 1983.5; XXII. 2000.2.