CONSULAR RELATIONS (MERCHANT SHIPPING) (SPANISH STATE) ORDER
- CHAPTER 259Z

CONSULAR RELATIONS (MERCHANT SHIPPING) (SPANISH STATE) 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Empowering section (Repealed 81 of 1999 s. 3) VerDate:01/07/1997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) (SPANISH STATE) ORDER - LONG TITLE  
Empowering section VerDate:30/06/1997



(Cap 259 sections 5, 6, 7 & 8)

[4 February 1972]

(L.N. 35 of 1972)



CONSULAR RELATIONS (MERCHANT SHIPPING) (SPANISH STATE) 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(Repealed 81 of 1999 s. 3) VerDate:01/07/1997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) (SPANISH STATE) ORDER - PARAGRAPH 1
Citation VerDate:30/06/1997



This order may be cited as the Consular Relations (Merchant 
Shipping)(Spanish State) Order.



CONSULAR RELATIONS (MERCHANT SHIPPING) (SPANISH STATE) 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(Repealed 81 of 1999 s. 3) VerDate:01/07/1997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) (SPANISH STATE) ORDER - PARAGRAPH 2
Ships to be treated as belonging to the Spanish State VerDate:30/06/1997




(1)	For the purpose of this order a ship shall be treated as 
belonging to the Spanish State if it is registered in Spain.

(2)	Nothing in this order shall apply to any ship of war.



CONSULAR RELATIONS (MERCHANT SHIPPING) (SPANISH STATE) 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(Repealed 81 of 1999 s. 3) VerDate:01/07/1997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) (SPANISH STATE) ORDER - PARAGRAPH 3
Proceedings relating to the remuneration, etc., of the master or crew of a ship belonging to the Spanish State 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 Spanish State 
shall not be entertained by any court in Hong Kong unless a consular 
officer of the Spanish State 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) (SPANISH STATE) 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(Repealed 81 of 1999 s. 3) VerDate:01/07/1997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) (SPANISH STATE) ORDER - PARAGRAPH 4
Proceedings relating to offences committed on board ships belonging to the Spanish State VerDate:30/06/1997



Where an offence is alleged to have been committed on board any ship 
belonging to the Spanish State 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 Spanish State 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 years or with a more severe 
sentence.



CONSULAR RELATIONS (MERCHANT SHIPPING) (SPANISH STATE) 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) (SPANISH STATE) ORDER - PARAGRAPH 5
Detention on board ship for disciplinary offences VerDate:30/06/1997



The Spanish State is designated for the purposes of section 7 of the 
Ordinance (which relates to detention on board ship for disciplinary 
offences).