Merchant Shipping Act (Cap. 234)
Merchant Shipping Act (Cap. 234), article 75
75. If a person uses the Maltese flag and assumes the Maltese
national character on board a ship which is not a Maltese ship for
the purpose of making a ship appear to be a Maltese ship, the ship
shall be subject to forfeiture under this Act, unless the assumption
has been made for the purpose of escaping capture by an enemy or
by a foreign ship of war in the exercise of some belligerent right.
Penalty for
concealment of
Maltese or
assumption of
foreign character.
Amended by:
XIII. 1983.5;
XXII. 2000.2.
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