Merchant Shipping Act (Cap. 234), article 265

265. (1) Subject to any exemption conferred by or under the load line provisions of this Act, before a foreign ship to whic h those provisions apply proceeds t o sea from any port in Malta, the master of the ship shall produ ce the appropriate certificate to the officer from whom a clearance for the ship is demanded; and a clearance shall not be granted, and the ship may be detained, u ntil the appropriate certi ficate is produced. (2) For the purposes of this art icle, the appropriate certificat e - (a) in the case of a ship to which article 261 applies, where a clearance for the ship is demanded in respect of an international voyage, is a valid Convention certificate; (b) in any other case is either a valid Convention 130 CAP. 234.] MERCHANT SHIPPING certificate or a Malta load lin e certificate for the time being in force in res pect of the ship. Provisions as to inspection.