S.L. 234.51 Art. 76Provisions as to taking distressed seafarers on ships.

(1) Where a distressed seafarer is, for the purposes of his return to a proper return port, placed on board a Maltese ship, the master shall endorse on the seafarer’s employment agreement, specifying the date in which he embarks, the name and port of registry of the ship on which the seafarer was last engaged, the port to which the seafarer is entitled to be conveyed, together with any particulars directed to be endorsed by the distressed seafarer.

(2) The master of every Maltese ship shall receive on board his ship, and afford a passage and maintenance to, all distressed seafarers whom he is required under these rules to take on board his ship, not exceeding one for every fifty net tons, and shall during the passage provide every such distressed seafarer with a proper berth or sleeping place, effectually protected against sea and weather.