Merchant Shipping Act (Cap. 234), article 84D

84D. The tonnage of a ship to be registered under this Part of this Act shall be ascertained in accordance with the tonnage regulations made under this Act: Provided that at the request of the charterer the registrar may accept the tonnage of such ship to be that registered in th e underlying registry if he is sati sfied that the provisions of t he International Convention on Tonna ge Measurement of Ships signed in London on 23 June, 1969 (including any protocol or amendment to such convention ratified, acc eded to or accepted by the Government of Malta), if applicable to such ship and unless suc h ship has been exempted from them, have been adhered to, and the certificate of survey provided for in article 14 shall be that issued by the underlying registry. Name of ship bareboat chartered registered in Malta.