Cap. 234 Art. 182Penalty for enticing to desert and harbouring  deserters. 

(1) If any person by any means whatever persuades or attempts to persuade a seaman or apprentice belonging to a Maltese ship to neglect or refuse to join or proceed to sea in or to desert from his ship, or otherwise to absent himself from his duty, he shall for each offence in respect of each seaman or apprentice be liable to a fine (multa) not exceeding fifty units.

(2) If a person wilfully harbours or secretes a seaman or apprentice belonging to a Maltese ship who has wilfully neglected or refused to join or has deserted from, his ship, knowing or having reason to believe the seaman or apprentice to have so done, he shall for every seaman or apprentice so harboured or secreted be liable to a fine (multa) not exceeding fifty units.

183. Repealed by article 20 of Act XXIV of 1986.

Stowaways and Seamen carried under compulsion