Hong Kong Ordinances

MERCHANT SHIPPING (SAFETY) ORDINANCE - SECT 23

Notice of alterations and additional surveys

(1) The owner or master of a ship in respect of which any certificate issued
under this Part is in force shall, as soon as possible, after any alteration
is made-

   (a)  in the ship's hull, equipment or machinery affecting the efficiency
        thereof or the seaworthiness of the ship; or

   (b)  in the appliances or equipment required by the life-saving 
        appliances regulations, the fire-fighting appliances regulations, the
        radio regulations, the navigational equipment regulations or the
        collision  regulations to be carried by the ship, being an alteration
        affecting the efficiency or completeness of those appliances or
        equipment, give written notice to the Director containing full
        particulars of the alteration.

(2) If notice of any alteration is not given as required by this section, the
owner or master of the ship commits an offence and is liable to a fine of
$10000 and to imprisonment for 6 months.

(3) If the Director has reason to believe that since the making of the last
declaration of survey in respect of any ship to which subsection

(1) applies-

   (a)  any such alteration has been made as is mentioned in subsection

(1);

   (b)  the hull, equipment or machinery of the ship have sustained any damage
        or are otherwise insufficient; or

   (c)  the appliances or equipment of the ship referred to in subsection
        (1)(b) have sustained any damage or are otherwise insufficient, he
        may, without prejudice to his powers under section 27, require the
        ship to be surveyed again as he thinks fit, and, if such requirement
        is not complied with, may cancel any certificate issued in respect of
        the ship under this Part.

(4) The power of the Director under subsection (3) to cancel a certificate
shall be exercisable also where a ship has not been submitted for survey as
required by the cargo ship construction and survey  regulations.

(5) For the purposes of this section, "alteration" (改動) in relation to
anything includes the renewal of any part of it.

"alteration" (改動)