S.L. 234.19 Art. 20Ascertainment of tonnage and certification.

(1) The certifying authority may, at the request of the administration of a contracting Government, ascertain the gross and net tonnages of a foreign ship in accordance with Part II of these regulations and issue to the owner an International Tonnage Certificate (1969). In such cases the certificate shall be endorsed to the effect that it has been issued at the request of the Government of the state whose flag the ship is or will be flying, and a copy of the certificate and the calculations of the tonnages shall be transmitted to the requesting Government as soon as possible.

(2) The certifying authority may, at the request of an owner of a foreign ship flying the flag of an administration of a non-contracting Government, ascertain the gross and net tonnages of the ship in accordance with Part II of these regulations and issue a certificate of Maltese Tonnage Measurement. In such cases the certificate will bear the endorsement "for use only whilst within Malta or the territorial waters thereof".