Hong Kong Ordinances

MERCHANT SHIPPING (LIMITATION OF SHIPOWNERS LIABILITY) ORDINANCE - SECT 5

Application

(Past version on 30/06/1997).

(1) For the purposes of paragraph 2 of Article 2 of the Convention, provisions
of such an international convention as is mentioned in that paragraph which
apart from this subsection do not have mandatory application to
international carriage by sea shall be treated as having mandatory application
to international carriage by sea if it is stated in the contract of carriage
for the carriage in question that those provisions are to apply in connection
with the carriage. (Amended 1 of 2005 s. 4)

(2) In its application to regional carriage, the Convention is to be read as
if paragraph 2 of Article 2 were omitted. (Added 1 of 2005 s. 4) (Enacted
1993)