Cap. 234 Art. 26Delivery up of certificate of ship lost or ceasing to be Maltese.

(1) In the event of a registered ship whether provisionally or otherwise, being either actually or constructively lost, taken by the enemy, burnt or broken up, or ceasing, whether by reason of transfer to persons not qualified to own a Maltese ship or for any other reason, to be a Maltese ship, every owner of the ship shall, immediately on obtaining knowledge of the event, give notice thereof to the registrar, unless the registrar has already been give

 notice of the event or is otherwise already aware of it:

Provided that no transfer of a Maltese ship may take place in favour of persons who are not qualified to own a Maltese ship, unless there is produced to the registrar, the consent in writing of all the mortgagees whose mortgages are duly registered in respect of the ship, saving where the transfer is made pursuant to an order or with the approval of a competent court. (2) Deleted by I.2025.11.