CONSULAR RELATIONS (MERCHANT SHIPPING) (KINGDOM OF BELGIUM) ORDER - CHAPTER 259Q CONSULAR RELATIONS (MERCHANT SHIPPING) (KINGDOM OF BELGIUM) ORDER - LONG TITLE Empowering section (Repealed 81 of 1999 s. 3) VerDate:01/07/1997 Adaptation amendments retroactively made - see 81 of 1999 s. 3 CONSULAR RELATIONS (MERCHANT SHIPPING) (KINGDOM OF BELGIUM) ORDER - LONG TITLE Empowering section VerDate:30/06/1997 (Cap 259 sections 5, 6, 7 & 8) [4 February 1972] (L.N. 26 of 1972) CONSULAR RELATIONS (MERCHANT SHIPPING) (KINGDOM OF BELGIUM) ORDER - PARAGRAPH 1 (Repealed 81 of 1999 s. 3) VerDate:01/07/1997 Adaptation amendments retroactively made - see 81 of 1999 s. 3 CONSULAR RELATIONS (MERCHANT SHIPPING) (KINGDOM OF BELGIUM) ORDER - PARAGRAPH 1 Citation VerDate:30/06/1997 This order may be cited as the Consular Relations (Merchant Shipping) (Kingdom of Belgium) Order. CONSULAR RELATIONS (MERCHANT SHIPPING) (KINGDOM OF BELGIUM) ORDER - PARAGRAPH 2 (Repealed 81 of 1999 s. 3) VerDate:01/07/1997 Adaptation amendments retroactively made - see 81 of 1999 s. 3 CONSULAR RELATIONS (MERCHANT SHIPPING) (KINGDOM OF BELGIUM) ORDER - PARAGRAPH 2 Ships to be treated as belonging to the Kingdom of Belgium VerDate:30/06/1997 (1) For the purpose of this order a ship shall be treated as belonging to the Kingdom of Belgium if it is registered under Belgium law for the purposes of navigation at sea. (2) Nothing in this order shall apply to any ship of war. CONSULAR RELATIONS (MERCHANT SHIPPING) (KINGDOM OF BELGIUM) ORDER - PARAGRAPH 3 (Repealed 81 of 1999 s. 3) VerDate:01/07/1997 Adaptation amendments retroactively made - see 81 of 1999 s. 3 CONSULAR RELATIONS (MERCHANT SHIPPING) (KINGDOM OF BELGIUM) ORDER - PARAGRAPH 3 Proceedings relating to the remuneration, etc., of the master of crew of a ship belonging to the Kingdom of Belgium VerDate:30/06/1997 Proceedings relating to the remuneration or any contract of service of the master or a member of the crew of any ship belonging to the Kingdom of Belgium shall not be entertained by any court in Hong Kong unless a consular officer of the Kingdom of Belgium has been notified of the intention to invoke the jurisdiction of that court and has not objected within a period of two weeks from the date of such notification and a statement to that effect is included among the details on which the claim is based at the time when the proceedings are commenced. CONSULAR RELATIONS (MERCHANT SHIPPING) (KINGDOM OF BELGIUM) ORDER - PARAGRAPH 4 (Repealed 81 of 1999 s. 3) VerDate:01/07/1997 Adaptation amendments retroactively made - see 81 of 1999 s. 3 CONSULAR RELATIONS (MERCHANT SHIPPING) (KINGDOM OF BELGIUM) ORDER - PARAGRAPH 4 Proceedings relating to offences committed on board ships belonging to the Kingdom of Belgium VerDate:30/06/1997 Where an offence is alleged to have been committed on board any ship belonging to the Kingdom of Belgium by the master or a member of the crew, proceedings for the offence instituted otherwise than at the request or with the consent of a consular officer of the Kingdom of Belgium shall not be entertained by any court in Hong Kong, unless- (a) the offence is alleged to have been committed- (i) by or against- (A) a British citizen, a British Dependent Territories citizen or a British Overseas citizen; or (B) a British subject; or (C) a British protected person; or (80 of 1982 s. 3) (ii) against a person other than the master or a member of the crew; or (b) the offence is one involving the tranquillity or safety of a port, or the law relating to safety of life at sea, public health, oil pollution, wireless telegraphy, immigration or customs; or (c) the offence is one punishable (on a first conviction) with imprisonment for a term that may extend to 5 year or with a more severe sentence. CONSULAR RELATIONS (MERCHANT SHIPPING) (KINGDOM OF BELGIUM) ORDER - PARAGRAPH 5 (Repealed 81 of 1999 s. 3) VerDate:01/07/1997 Adaptation amendments retroactively made - see 81 of 1999 s. 3 CONSULAR RELATIONS (MERCHANT SHIPPING) (KINGDOM OF BELGIUM) ORDER - PARAGRAPH 5 Detention on board ship for disciplinary offences VerDate:30/06/1997 The Kingdom of Belgium is designated for the purposes of section 7 of the Ordinance (which relates to detention on board ship for disciplinary offences).