Hong Kong Regulations

MERCHANT SHIPPING (REGISTRATION) (SHIPS' NAMES) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 2

Approval of ships' names

(1) The proposed name of a ship shall not be marked on the ship or entered in
the register before the name is approved by the Registrar.

(2) The Registrar shall approve the proposed name of a ship except where the
ship cannot be registered by that name by virtue of subregulation (3).

(3) The Registrar shall refuse to register a ship by its proposed  name if the
name-

   (a)  is already the name of a registered ship or is reserved under
        regulation 4, or is in the opinion of the Registrar so similar as to
        be likely to deceive; or

   (b)  is in the opinion of the Registrar undesirable for the purposes of
        registration in Hong Kong.

(4) Where the Registrar does not approve the proposed name of a ship, he shall
in writing notify the applicant of that fact forthwith.

(5) In this regulation-

"applicant" (申請人) means an applicant for registration of a ship;

"proposed name" (擬用名稱), in relation to a ship, means the name proposed
by the applicant in the application for registration as the name by which the
ship is to be registered;

"registration" (註冊) includes provisional registration. (Enacted 1990)

"applicant" (申請人)

"proposed name" (擬用名稱)

"registration" (註冊)