Cap. 37 Art. 5Leaving of berth withoutpermission. S.4 of Ord. VI of 1840,incorporated.

(1) Saving any other permission of any authority which may be required under any other law, no vessel in any harbour in Malta shall leave her berth for whatever purpose except with the permission of the

Commissioner for Tax and Customs:

Provided that the Commissioner may exempt from the requirement of such a permission either individual vessels, or, by means of a notice affixed to the notice-board of the department of customs and at such Police stations as the Commissioner may decide, any class or classes of vessels:

Provided further that the Commissioner may at any time withdraw, in respect of any individual vessel (even though belonging to an exempted class) or of any class or classes of vessels, any such exemption granted as aforesaid.

(2) If the master of the vessel, or his representative, shall contravene, or allow or permit to be contravened, the provisions of this article, he shall be liable to a fine (multa) of not less than two hundred and thirty-two euro and ninety-four cents (€232.94) but not exceeding two thousand and three hundred and twenty-nine euro and thirty-seven cents (€2,329.37).