Cap. 234 Art. 98Forgery of certificates of competency. 

If any person -

(a) forges or fraudulently alters, or assists in forging or fraudulently altering, or procures to be forged or fraudulently altered, any certificate of competency or any recognition of a certificate of competency, or an official copy of any such certificate or recognition; or

(b) makes, assists in making, or procures to be made, any false representation for the purpose of procuring, or having recognised, either for himself or for any other person, a certificate of competency; or

(c) fraudulently uses a certificate, or a recognition of a certificate, or a copy of a certificate or of a recognition of a certificate, of competency which has been forged, altered, cancelled or suspended, or to which he is not entitled; or

(d) fraudulently lends his certificate of competency or recognition of a certificate of competency, or allows it to be used by any other person, that person shall for each offence be liable to imprisonment for a period not exceeding two years or to a fine (multa) not exceeding five hundred units or to both such imprisonment and fine. Furthermore, the Registrar-General may prohibit that person from being engaged on a Malta registered ship, for a definite or indefinite period.

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