Cap. 234 ст. 289Forfeiture of dangerous goods improperly sent or carried. 

(1) Where any dangerous goods have been sent or carried, or attempted to be sent or carried, on board any vessel whether Maltese or foreign, without being marked, or without such notice being given, as provided in article 286, or under a false description, or with a false description of the sender or carrier thereof, any court taking cognizance of any offence in relation to those goods, or the Civil Court, First Hall, at the instance of the Minister by way of application, may declare those goods, and any package or receptacle in which they are contained, to be, and they shall thereupon be, forfeited, and when forfeited shall be disposed of as the court directs.

(2) The court shall have, and may exercise, the aforesaid powers of forfeiture and disposal notwithstanding that the owner of the goods has not committed any offence relating to dangerous goods, and is not before that court, and has no notice of the proceedings and notwithstanding that there is no evidence to show to whom the goods belong; but the court may, in its discretion, require such notice as it may direct to be given to the owner or shipper of the goods before they are forfeited.