Hong Kong Regulations

SHIPPING AND PORT CONTROL REGULATIONS - REGULATION 55F

Offences

(1) Subject to paragraph (2), in the event of—

   (a)  a contravention of a condition of a permit granted under regulation
        55B;

   (b)  a contravention of regulation 55C; or

   (c)  a failure to comply with a requirement under regulation 55E, the
        owner, his agent and the master of the vessel commit an offence and
        each of them is liable to a fine at level 2.

(2) In a charge for an offence under paragraph (1), it shall be a defence for
the person charged to show that he had taken all practicable steps to prevent
the commission of the offence.

(3) Any person who obstructs the Director in the exercise of his power under
regulation 55D(1) or (4) commits an offence and is liable to a fine at level 2
and to imprisonment for 6 months.

(24 of 2005 s. 49)