Cap. 16 Art. 679Duty of master, etc., on return to Malta to present will to the court of voluntary jurisdiction.

(1) Where, after the receipt of any such will, the ship returns to the port of Malta, the master, or the person in possession of the will, shall, within the time of eight working days, present such will to the court of voluntary jurisdiction, unless such will shall have been, before the expiration of such time, withdrawn by the testator.

(2) If the ship touches at any port outside Malta, the master, or the person in possession of the will, shall deposit one of the duplicates with the diplomatic or consular representative of the Government of Malta in that port or with a person serving in a diplomatic, consular or other foreign service of any country which, by arrangement with the Government of Malta, has undertaken to represent that Government’s interests in that port or with a person authorized in that behalf by the President of Malta, or in the absence of such persons, with some trustworthy person being a citizen of Malta or other Commonwealth citizen, and shall, with all possible dispatch, transmit the other duplicate to the Authority for Transport in Malta who shall, within the time of eight days, present it to the said court.

(3) Any person acting in contravention of any of the provisions of this article shall, on proceedings taken in accordance with the provisions of article 661, be liable to interdiction from his office or profession for a time not exceeding two years, or to any of the other punishments prescribed in that article.