Cap. 234 Art. 103Passengers’ list.

(1) The master of every Maltese ship and the master of every ship carrying passengers on any voyage to Malta from a place outside Malta, or from Malta to any place outside Malta, shall furnish to such person as the Minister may by regulations direct a return giving the total number of persons on board as well as such other information relative to such persons as may be prescribed, in such form and manner and within such time as may be prescribed.

(2) The Minister may by such regulations exempt any passenger ship or any passenger ship undertaking such voyage or voyages as may be prescribed in the regulations generally or in respect of any voyages or classes of voyages from the provisions of such regulations.

(3) Any passenger to which regulations under sub-article (1) refer shall furnish the master with such information required by the master for making any such return.

(4) If -

(a) the master of a ship fails to make a return as required by this article or makes a false return;

(b) any passenger refuses to give information required by the master of the ship for the purpose of the return, or for that purpose gives the master information which he knows to be false or recklessly gives information which is false, the master, or as the case may be, the passenger, shall be guilty of an offence against this article and shall on conviction be liable to a fine (multa) not exceeding five hundred units in the case of the master, and not exceeding one hundred units in the case of a passenger.

(5) The Minister may extend the provisions of these regulations to the owner, bareboat charterer, manager, or any other person or organisation who may have assumed responsibility for operating the passenger ship from the owner, the obligations of the master with regard to such regulations, and may moreover provide that any person or organisation to whom such obligations may have been so extended preserve and keep such records for such period and in such manner as may be prescribed and supply such periodic or other returns thereof as may be prescribed, and the provisions of sub-article (4) hereof shall apply to such person mutatis mutandis or organisation as they apply to the master.

(6) The provisions of this article and of any regulations made hereunder shall not apply to ships of war and troop ships and to pleasure yachts unless such pleasure yachts are or will be crewed and carry more than twelve passengers for commercial purposes.