Hong Kong Ordinances

MERCHANT SHIPPING (LIABILITY AND COMPENSATION FOR OIL POLLUTION) ORDINANCE - SECT 19

Warships, etc.

(Past version on 30/06/1997).

(1) Nothing in the preceding provisions of this Part applies in relation to
any warship or any ship for the time being used by the government of any State
for a purpose other than a commercial purpose.

(2) In relation to a ship owned by a State and for the time being used for a
commercial purpose it shall be a sufficient compliance with section 15(2) if
there is in force a certificate issued by the government of that State and
certifying that the ship is owned by that State and that any liability for
pollution damage as defined in Article I of the Liability Convention will be
met up to the limit prescribed by Article V of the Liability Convention.
(Amended 46 of 1997 s. 15)

(3) A Liability Convention State shall, for the purposes of any proceedings
brought in a court in Hong Kong to enforce a claim in respect of a liability
incurred under section 6, be deemed to have submitted to the jurisdiction of
that court, and accordingly rules of court may provide for the manner in which
such proceedings are to be commenced and carried on; but nothing in this
subsection shall authorize the issue of execution against the property of any
State. (Enacted 1990)