S.L. 499.23 Art. 42Throwing of noxious things in ports.

(1) No owner, Master or crew member shall leave in any port or on any wharf or any landing place anything which may cause injury to public health, or a nuisance, or throw into the waters of any port or into any part of the internal waters or of the territorial waters of Malta any ballast, solid material rubbish or dirty liquid which may cause a nuisance.

(2) If any owner or Master is found guilty of an offence under this regulation, he shall be liable for all damages caused and all costs occasioned by the facts constituting the offence, and the court shall, at the demand of the prosecution made at any time of the proceedings prior to final judgement, order in the same judgement the offender to make good and pay to the Authority all such damages and costs as shall be liquidated by the same court, which order shall be executable in the same manner as if it had been given in a civil action duly instituted by the Authority against the offender:

Provided that nothing in this regulation shall affect the right of third parties to institute any civil action against the offender for any damage suffered by them.