Cap. 352 Art. 10Laid-up ship.

(1) The Authority may direct any ship laid up in a port in

Malta without permission to leave such port within such time as it may establish.

(2) It shall be the responsibility of the master, owner or agent of the ship, to comply with any direction given as aforesaid.

(3) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a laid-up ship in any port in Malta shall, after being directed to leave, be liable to be sold as provided in this article.

(4) Upon fourteen days’ notice to the master of the ship, the Authority may apply to the Civil Court, First Hall, for an order that the ship be sold judicially; and the judicial sale shall be held within forty-five days from the date on which the order of the court is made.