Merchant Shipping Act (Cap. 234)

Merchant Shipping Act (Cap. 234), article 238

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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.

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