Hong Kong Ordinances

MERCHANT SHIPPING (LOCAL VESSELS) ORDINANCE - SECT 24

Power to give directions

PART VI

SAFETY OF NAVIGATION

The Director may give to an owner or his agent or to a coxswain of, or other
person who appears to the Director to have control over, a local  vessel such
directions as he thinks fit in any particular case-

   (a)  for controlling the vessel when entering or leaving the waters of Hong
        Kong;

   (b)  for controlling the navigation and movement of the vessel in the
        waters of Hong Kong;

   (c)  as to the place and manner in which the vessel shall be berthed,
        moored, anchored or secured;

   (d)  for the removal of the vessel from any berth, mooring or anchorage to
        another berth, mooring or anchorage;

   (e)  prohibiting the berthing, mooring or anchoring of the vessel in any
        particular place;

   (f)  for ensuring the safety of, or preventing the outbreak of fire on, the
        vessel in the waters of Hong Kong;

   (g)  for preventing pollution of the waters of Hong Kong.