Hong Kong Regulations

MERCHANT SHIPPING (BCH CODE) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 11

Power to detain

(1) The Director may, if he has reason to believe that a contravention of
these regulations has occurred in respect of a ship, detain the ship. (37 of
1990 s. 12)

(2) Where a ship other than a Hong Kong ship is detained under paragraph (1),
the Director shall immediately inform the consul or diplomatic representative
of the State whose flag the ship is entitled to fly or the appropriate
maritime authorities of that State. (Enacted 1987)