Merchant Shipping Act (Cap. 234), article 286

286. (1) A person shall not send or attempt to send by any vessel, whether Maltese or foreign, and any person not being the master or owner master, or the owner, or the bareboat charterer of the vessel shall not carry or attempt to carry in any such vessel, any dangerous goods without distinctly marking their nature on the outside of the package containing the same and giving written notice of the nature of those goods and of the name and address of the sender or carrier thereof to the master or owner master, or the owner, or the bareboat charterer of the vessel at or before the time of sending the same to be shipped or taking the same on board the vessel. (2) If any person fails without reasonable cause to comply with this article, he shall for each offence be liable to a fine (multa) not exceeding one hundred units: Provided that if he shows that he was merely an agent in the shipment of any such goods as aforesaid and was not aware and did not suspect and had no reason to suspect that the goods shipped by him were of a dangerous nature, he shall be liable to a fine (multa) not exceeding ten units. Misdescription of dangerous goods.  Amended by:  XIII. 1983.5; XXII. 2000.2.