Merchant Shipping Act (Cap. 234)
Merchant Shipping Act (Cap. 234), article 238
238. (1) If the master of a Maltese ship fails to cause an entry
to be made in the official log book in contravention of rules m ade
in pursuance of article 209(3)( c), or if a radio officer or operator
contravenes any rules made in pursuance of paragraph ( a) of the
said sub-article, he shal l be liable to a fine ( multa) not exceeding
twenty units, and if the rules made under the article aforesaid are
contravened in any other respect in relation to any Maltese shi p, the
owner or master of the ship shall be liable to a fine ( multa ) not
exceeding one hun dred units.
(2) If any of the rules made in pursuance of article 210 is not
complied with in relation to any Maltese ship, the owner or mas ter
of the ship shall be liable to a fine ( multa ) not exceeding one
hundred units.
116 CAP. 234.] MERCHANT SHIPPING
(3) If any Maltese ship proceeds , or attempts to proceed, to sea
carrying radio navigational aid not complying with rules made
under article 211, the owner or master of the ship shall be lia ble to
a fine ( multa) not exceeding one hundred units; and if any person
establishes or operates any such apparatus as is mentioned in
paragraph ( b) of the article aforesaid being apparatus that does not
comply with the said rules, he shall be liable to a fine ( multa) not
exceeding one hundred units.
Enforcement of
rules made under
article 212.
Amended by:
XIII. 1983.5;
XXII. 2000.2.
Text read from the consolidated PDF published by Legislation Malta. Tables, figures and marginal notes may be incomplete or out of place: the official PDF is authoritative. General information, not legal, tax or accounting advice.