Hong Kong Ordinances

MERCHANT SHIPPING (LOCAL VESSELS) ORDINANCE - SECT 12

Ownership of local vessel

(Past version on 02/01/2007).

(1) The owner of a local vessel shall be-

   (a)  an individual who holds a valid identity card and who is ordinarily
        resident in Hong Kong; or

   (b)  a company or non-Hong Kong company within the meaning of the
        Companies Ordinance ( Cap 32). (Amended 30 of 2004 s. 3)

(2) The Director shall refuse to certificate a local vessel or to transfer its
certificate of ownership to a new owner where the owner or transferee, as the
case may be, is not a person referred to in subsection

(1).