Hong Kong Ordinances

MERCHANT SHIPPING ORDINANCE - SECT 3

Certificate or licence required by all ships trading in Hong Kong

(Past version on 30/06/1997).

PART I

REGISTRATION AND LICENSING OF SHIPS

(1) Every ship trading outwards from Hong Kong or trading or being used for
any commercial purpose in the waters of Hong Kong must be provided with-

   (a)  a certificate of registry or certificate of provisional registry
        granted under the Merchant Shipping (Registration) Ordinance ( Cap 
        415);

   (b)  a certificate of registry or other document granted in a place outside
        Hong Kong and similar or equivalent in effect to a certificate
        referred to in paragraph (a); or

   (c)  a certificate of ownership within the meaning of section 2 of the
        Merchant Shipping (Local Vessels) Ordinance ( Cap 548). (Replaced 43
        of 1999 s. 91)

(2) A document purporting to be-

   (a)  a certificate of registry or other document referred to in subsection
        (1)(b); or

   (b)  a copy of such a certificate or document certified as a true copy by a
        person having custody of the original, or having responsibility for
        the grant of the original, shall be admitted in evidence in legal
        proceedings under this section upon its production unless it is proved
        that it is not the document it purports to be or that it was not
        signed or certified by the person by whom it purports to be signed or
        certified, as the case may be, and if so admitted shall be sufficient,
        but not conclusive, evidence of any matter stated in the certificate
        or document. (Replaced 74 of 1990 s. 104)