Merchant Shipping Act (Cap. 234), article 33

33. Where a registered ship or share therein is transferred to a person qualified to own a Maltese ship, the transferee shall no t be entitled to be registered as owner thereof until he, or in the case of a body corporate, the person authorised by this Act to make declarations on behalf of a body corporate, has made a declaration (in this Act called a "declarati on of transfer") referring to t he ship and containing - (a) a statement of the qualifi cation of the transferee to own a Maltese ship or, if the transferee is a body corporate, of such circumstances as prove it to be qualified to own a Maltese ship; and (b) a declaration that, to the best of his knowledge and belief, no unqualified pers on or body of persons is entitled as owner to any interest in the ship or share therein. Registry of transfer.  Amended by: XXXVII. 1988.4; XXXVII. 1990.8.