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CHAPTER 73 
BOATMEN’S FEES ACT
To make provision for the levying of a fee in respect of passengers not
making use of  dg _hajsas.
(2nd June, 1933) *
Enacted by ACT XVII of 1933, as amended by Ordinance XI of 1935;
Acts: XIII of 1948, XI of 1957; Emergency Ordinance VI of 1958; and
Ordinances: XVI of 1960 and XXV of 1962.
Short title.
Interpretation. 
Added by: 
XIII. 1948.3.
2. The expression - 
"hired means of conveyance" †  includes any boat or other craft
provided by the agent himself or belonging to the ship on or from
which the passengers embark or disembark;
"Minister" means the Minister under whose jurisdiction the
Customs Department may, from time to time, be.
Payment of fee in 
respect of 
passengers 
embarking or 
disembarking at 
Malta. 
Amended by: 
XVI.1960.3 .
3. (1) From the day on which this Act shall come into force,
the agent of every ship carrying passengers to or from Malta shall
pay into the Office of the Comptroller of Customs a fee of one cent
seven mils in respect of each passenger embarking on or
disembarking from the ship by any hired means of conveyance
other than a licensed  dg _hajsa .
(2) This fee shall not exceed three cents three mils during one
whole day.
(3) The provisions of this section shall not apply to ships
carrying passengers between Malta and Gozo.
Administration of 
moneys.
Amended by: 
XI.1935.3; 
XIII. 1948.2. 
Substituted by: 
XI.1957.2. 
Amended by: 
VI.1958.2; 
XVI. 1960.3; 
XXV.1962.2.
4. The moneys accruing from the payment of the fees referred
to in the last preceding section shall be administered by the
Comptroller of Customs who shall pay the same, with such
deductions as the Minister may direct, to the boatmen licensed to
ply their trade in the Grand Harbour and Marsamxett Harbour, in
accordance with regulations made by the Minister under section 5
of this Act.
Power of Minister 
to make 
regulations. 
Amended by: 
XIII. 1948.2; 
VI.1958.2; 
XVI.1960.3; 
XXV.1962.2.
5. (1) The Minister may make regulations in regard to any
matter coming within the scope of this Act.
(2) In particular, but without prejudice to the generality of the
foregoing power, such regulations may prescribe the manner in
which the agent shall collect the fees to be paid by him into the
Office of the Comptroller of Customs and the manner in which
* See  original section 7 of the Act, which section has been omitted under the Malta
Statute Law Revision Ordinance, 1936 and the Statute Law Revision Act, 1980, and
see  Government Notice No. 193 of the 2nd of June, 1933.
†Transposed from S. 2 (3) of the 1942 Revised Edition of the Laws of Malta by virtue
of the Statute Law Revision Act, 1980.
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such fees shall be paid and distributed to the boatmen.
