Hong Kong Ordinances

MERCHANT SHIPPING (SAFETY) ORDINANCE - SECT 42

Anchors and cables

(1) No ship registered in Hong Kong shall have on board as part of its
equipment an anchor or cable unless-

   (a)  the anchor or cable has been marked, and a certificate in respect of
        it has been issued, in accordance with the regulations made under
        section 103; or

   (b)  the anchor or cable is one to which those regulations do not apply by
        virtue of any regulation made under paragraph (e) of section  103 (1).

(2) If subsection (1) is contravened in respect of any ship the owner or
master of the ship commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $5000.

(3) If any person applies to any anchor or cable which has not passed the
tests prescribed by regulations made under section 103 any mark prescribed by
those regulations for denoting that it has passed those tests, or any other
mark calculated to suggest that it has passed those tests, he commits an
offence and is liable to a fine of $5000.

(4) In this section, "anchor" (錨) and "cable" (錨鏈) have the meanings
assigned to them by section 103(2).

"anchor" (錨) and "cable" (錨鏈)