Hong Kong Ordinances

MERCHANT SHIPPING (SAFETY) ORDINANCE - SECT 55

Display of load line certificate and entry of particulars in official log-book

(1) Where a certificate is issued in respect of a ship under section 51-

   (a)  the owner or master of the ship shall forthwith on receipt of the
        certificate cause it to be framed and posted up in some conspicuous
        place on board the ship, and shall cause it to be kept so framed and
        posted up and legible so long as the certificate remains in force and
        the ship is in use; and

   (b)  the master of the ship, before making any other entry in any official
        log-book relating to the ship, shall enter in it the particulars as to
        the positions of the deck-line and the load lines which are specified
        in the certificate.

(2) Before any ship registered in Hong Kong leaves any dock, wharf, harbour or
other place for the purpose of proceeding to sea, the master of the ship-

   (a)  shall enter in the official log-book such particulars relating to the
        depth to which the ship is for the time being loaded as may be
        prescribed by the load line regulations;

   (b)  shall cause a notice, in such form and containing such of those
        particulars as may be specified in the regulations for the purposes of
        this paragraph, to be posted up in some conspicuous place on board the
        ship, and, where such a notice has been posted up, the master of the
        ship shall cause it to be kept so posted up and legible until the ship
        arrives at some other dock, wharf, harbour or place.

(3) If the owner or master of a ship fails to comply with any requirement
imposed on him by this section, he commits an offence and is liable to a fine
of $2000.