Cap. 234 ст. 279Offence to send unseaworthy ships to sea. 

(1) If any person sends or attempts to send, or is a party to sending or attempting to send, a ship to sea in such an unseaworthy state that the life of any person is likely to be thereby endangered, he shall, unless he proves that he used all reasonable means to ensure her being sent to sea in a seaworthy state or that her going to sea in such an unseaworthy state was, under the circumstances, reasonable and justifiable, be liable in respect of each offence to imprisonment for a period not exceeding two years or to a fine (multa) not exceeding one thousand units or to both such imprisonment and fine (multa).

(2) If the master of a ship knowingly takes the same to sea in such an unseaworthy state that the life of any person is likely to be thereby endangered, he shall, unless he proves that her going to sea in such an unseaworthy state was, under the circumstances, reasonable and justifiable, be liable in respect of each offence to imprisonment for a period not exceeding two years or to a fine ( ) not exceeding one thousand units or to both such multa imprisonment and fine (multa).

(3) The provisions of sub-article (1) shall apply mutatis mutandis to any person who sends or attempts to send, or is a party to sending or attempting to send, a foreign ship to sea from any port in Malta.