Hong Kong Regulations

SHIPPING AND PORT CONTROL (FERRY TERMINALS) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 35

Offences and penalties

(Past version on 30/06/1997).

(1) If without reasonable excuse regulation 4(2) or 5 is contravened, the
master of the vessel commits an offence.

(2) If without reasonable excuse a notice or sign exhibited under regulation
4(4) is contravened, the person, master of the vessel or driver of the
vehicle, as the case may be, commits an offence.

(3) Any owner or master of a vessel who without reasonable excuse fails to
comply with any direction given to him under regulation 6 commits an offence.

(4) Any owner or master of a ferry vessel who without reasonable excuse fails
to comply with a notice served on him under regulation 7, or fails to make a
return under regulation 8, commits an offence.

(5) Any person who, without reasonable excuse, contravenes regulation 9, 10,
24(3), 26(1) or 31 commits an offence.

(6) Any person who contravenes regulation 28, 29 or 32(1) commits an offence.
(L.N. 290 of 1995)

(6A) Any person who contravenes regulation 32(2) commits an offence. (L.N. 290
of 1995)

(7) Any person who, without reasonable excuse, fails to comply with any
direction given, or any notice or sign exhibited, under regulation 26(2), or
an order under regulation 27(a), commits an offence.

(8) Any person who-

   (a)  being a pass holder, without reasonable excuse, contravenes regulation
        15(3), 18(2), 20, 21, 22 or 24(1);

   (b)  being an employer, without reasonable excuse, contravenes regulation
        18(3), 19 or 24(2), commits an offence.

(9) Any person who-

   (a)  makes use of or retains in his possession any pass which he knows or
        ought reasonably to know-

        (i)    has been cancelled; or

        (ii)   has ceased to be valid;

   (b)  without reasonable excuse, defaces, alters or destroys any pass;

   (c)  in, or in connection with, an application under regulation 14 or 25
        makes any statement or gives any information which he knows or ought
        reasonably to know is false in a material particular or recklessly
        makes any statement which is false in a material particular or
        knowingly omits any material particular;

   (d)  being a pass holder, contravenes any condition subject to which the
        pass was issued, commits an offence.

(10) Any person who contravenes regulation 12 or 15(2) commits an offence.

(11) Any person who-

   (a)  commits an offence under paragraph (1), (2), (3), (4), (5),

(6), or (7) is liable to a fine of $2000;

   (b)  commits an offence under paragraph (6A) or (8) is liable to a fine of
        $5000; (L.N. 290 of 1995)

   (c)  commits an offence under paragraph (9) is liable to a fine of $10000
        and to imprisonment for 3 months;

   (d)  commits an offence under paragraph (10) is liable to a fine of $20000
        and to imprisonment for 6 months.