Merchant Shipping Act (Cap. 234), article 63

63. Where a ship has ceased to be registered as a Maltese ship by reason of having been wrecked or abandoned or for any reason other than capture by the enemy or transfer to a person not qualified to own a Maltese ship, the ship shall not be re-registered until she has, at the expense of the applicant for registration, been surveyed by a surveyor of ships and certified by him to be seaworthy. Declarations Power of registrar to dispense with declarations and other evidence. Amended by: XXXVII. 1990.13.