Hong Kong Ordinances

MERCHANT SHIPPING (LOCAL VESSELS) ORDINANCE - SECT 63

Director may require certain information

PART XIII

GENERAL POWERS OF DIRECTOR

(1) Where-

   (a)  a local vessel is involved in any occurrence specified in
        section 57(1); or

   (b)  the coxswain, person in charge or person in control of a local  vessel
        is suspected of having committed an offence under this Ordinance
        involving the use of the vessel, the Director may, within 3 months
        after the occurrence or alleged offence, serve on the owner of the
        vessel or his agent a written notice requiring him to furnish to the
        Director, within 21 days after the date of the notice, a written
        statement signed by the owner or his agent, specifying the name and
        address of the coxswain, person in charge or person in control of the
        vessel at the time of the occurrence or alleged offence.

(2) Subject to subsection (3), the owner of a local vessel or his agent who
fails to comply with a notice served on him under subsection (1) within the
time specified in that subsection commits an offence and is liable on
conviction to a fine at level 2 and to imprisonment for 6 months.

(3) In proceedings for an offence under subsection (2), it shall be a defence
to show that the accused person did not know, and could not with reasonable
diligence have ascertained, the name or address of the coxswain, person in
charge or person in control of the vessel at the time of the occurrence or
alleged offence referred to in subsection (1).

(4) The provisions of this section shall be in addition to and shall not
derogate from section 57.