Merchant Shipping Act (Cap. 234), article 301

301. (1) The Minister may make rules prescribing what signals shall be used by Maltese ships as signals of distress and the circumstances in which, and the purposes for which, any signal so prescribed is to be used and the circumstances in which it is t o be revoked. (2) If the master of a ship uses or displays or permits any person under his author ity to use or display - (a) any signal prescribed under this article except in the circumstances and for the purposes prescribed by the rules made under this article; or (b) any signal that is liable to be mistaken for any signal so prescribed, he shall be liable to a fine ( multa) not exceeding fi fty units and shall further be liable for any compensation for any labour undertaken, risk incurred, or loss sustained, in consequence of the signal having been supposed a signal of distress. (3) Nothing in article 300(3) shall interfere with the transmission of signals prescribed under this article. Signalling lamps.  Amended by:  XIII. 1983.5; XXII. 2000.2; I.2025.89.