Hong Kong Ordinances

MERCHANT SHIPPING (SAFETY) ORDINANCE - SECT 59

Submersion of load lines

(1) Where a ship not registered in Hong Kong is within the waters 
of Hong Kong, the ship shall not be so loaded that its condition at any time
is such that-

   (a)  if the ship is in salt water and has no list, the appropriate 
        load line on each side of the ship is submerged; or

   (b)  in any other case, the appropriate load line on each side of the ship
        would be submerged if the ship were in salt water and had no list.

(2) Subsections (2), (3), (5) and (6) of section 49 shall have effect for the
purposes of this section as if any references in those subsections to
subsection (1) of that section, or to paragraph (a) or paragraph (b) of the
said subsection (1), were a reference to subsection

(1), or (as the case may be) to the corresponding paragraph of subsection

(1), of this section: Provided that, in the case of a ship to which section 57
applies, the ship shall not be detained, and no proceedings shall be brought
by virtue of this subsection, unless the ship has been inspected by a
Government surveyor in pursuance of section 61.

(3) In relation to a ship in respect of which a valid Convention
certificate is produced, "load line" (載重線) in subsection (1) means a
line marked on the ship in the position of a load line specified in that
certificate; and for the purposes of the application of the relevant 
provisions to such a ship in any circumstances for which a particular load
line is specified in the certificate, the "appropriate load line"
(適當載重線) means the maximum depth to which the ship may, in accordance
with the certificate, be loaded in salt water in those circumstances.

(4) Where a valid Convention certificate is not produced in respect of a ship,
then, for the purposes of the application of the relevant  provisions to that
ship in any circumstances prescribed by the load line
regulations "the appropriate load line" (適當載重線) means the maximum
depth to which the ship may, in accordance with those regulations, be loaded
in salt water in those circumstances.

(5) In subsections (3) and (4) "the relevant provisions" (有關條文) means
the provisions of subsection (1) and any provisions of section 49 as applied
by subsection (2).

"load line" (載重線)

"appropriate load line" (適當載重線)

"the appropriate load line" (適當載重線)

"the relevant provisions" (有關條文)