Merchant Shipping Act (Cap. 234)
Merchant Shipping Act (Cap. 234), article 84X
84X. (1) The Registrar-General m a y w i t h d r a w t h e c o n s e n t
referred to in article 84O, if a ny of the applicable provisions of this
Act are not complied with:
Provided that the Registrar-General shall withdraw such
consent, if -
(a) the Minister, in the national interest or in the interest
of Maltese shipping, has ord ered the Registrar-General
to withdraw his consent;
(b) any of the conditions required to be fulfilled in terms
of sub-article (1) of article 84P is not so fulfilled; or
(c) the charter terminates or is terminated by any of the
parties to it.
(2) Upon the withdrawal of th e consent of the Registrar-
General in terms of sub-article (1) -
(a) the registrar shall inform the appropriate authorities of
the bareboat charter registry, the owners, the
charterers, and the mortgagees, if any, of such
withdrawal; and
(b) the bareboat charter regist ration shall be terminated.
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(3) Upon the termination of the b areboat charter registration -
(a) the registrar shall make an entry thereof in the register,
and the ship shall thereupon be again subject to all the
provisions of Maltese law;
(b) within thirty days from the termination of such
registration the owners shall make and deliver a
declaration to the registrar that the certificate of
bareboat charter registration has been surrendered to
the foreign bareboat charter registry, and thereupon the
registrar, unless the registry of the ship under Part II of
this Act is also being closed, shall again deliver to the
owners the certificate of registry which had been
surrendered to him in terms of article 84S; and
(c) within thirty days from the termination of such
registration the owners shall deliver to the registrar a
transcript or an extract of register showing that the
bareboat charter registration has been cancelled.
Certification of
documents.
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