Hong Kong Ordinances

MERCHANT SHIPPING (SAFETY) ORDINANCE - SECT 77

Observance of collision regulations

PART VII

SAFETY OF NAVIGATION

(1) The owner, master and any person for the time being responsible for the
conduct of a ship registered in Hong Kong- (Amended 56 of 1990 s. 5)

   (a)  shall comply with the collision regulations; and

   (b)  shall not-

        (i)    carry or exhibit any other lights; or

        (ii)   use any other sound-signals, other than such as are required by
               those regulations.

(2) If any of the collision regulations is contravened by a ship, the owner of
the ship, the master and any person for the time being responsible for the
conduct of the ship shall each be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine of
$20000. (Replaced 56 of 1990 s. 5)

(3) It shall be a defence to a charge under subsection (2) for the person
charged to prove that he took all reasonable precautions to prevent the
contravention to which the charge relates. (Replaced 56 of 1990 s. 5)

(4) The Director shall furnish a copy of the collision regulations to any
master or owner of a ship who applies for it upon payment of the prescribed
fee.

(5) In this section "ship" (船、船舶) includes a junk and a trawler to
which Part XII of the Merchant Shipping Ordinance ( Cap 281) applies. (Added
56 of 1990 s. 5)

"ship" (船、船舶)