Hong Kong Ordinances

MERCHANT SHIPPING (LIABILITY AND COMPENSATION FOR OIL POLLUTION) ORDINANCE - SECT 3

Certificate as to parties to Conventions

(Past version on 30/06/1997).

Adaptation amendments retroactively made - see 64 of 1999 s. 3

A certificate signed by the Chief Executive and certifying that a State
specified in the certificate- (Amended 64 of 1999 s. 3)

   (a)  is a party to the Liability Convention in respect of a country
        specified in the certificate; or

   (b)  is a party to the Fund Convention in respect of a country specified in
        the certificate, shall be conclusive evidence of the matters contained
        therein and shall in any legal proceedings under this Ordinance to
        which it relates be admissible on its production and without further
        proof. (Enacted 1990)