Cap. 234 ст. 84TObligations while ship is a foreign bareboat charter registry.

(1) Unless otherwise provided for in this Part of this Act, the owners of a Maltese ship bareboat charter registered in a foreign registry shall comply with all the provisions of this Act as if the ship were not so registered in the foreign registry.

(2) During the time a Maltese ship is bareboat charter registered in a foreign registry in terms of the provisions of this Part of this Act -

(a) notwithstanding the provisions of article 73, such ship shall not hoist the Maltese flag; and

(b) notwithstanding the provisions of article 5, the home port of such ship shall be that of the bareboat charter registry.

(3) The owners shall, within fifteen days from the entry into the foreign bareboat charter registry, make and deliver to the registrar a declaration to the effect that the name of the foreign home port has been marked on the stern of the ship in lieu of the name Valletta.