Hong Kong Regulations

MERCHANT SHIPPING (SEAFARERS) (PROVISIONS AND WATER) REGULATION - SECT 8

Inspection and detention of Hong Kong ships

(1) The Authority, or a person authorized by him for the purposes of this
section, may inspect a ship for the purpose of ascertaining whether it
complies with the requirements of section 5(1).

(2) Where the Authority or a person referred to in subsection (1) has carried
out an inspection of a ship pursuant to that subsection and is not satisfied
that the ship complies with the requirements of section  5 (1), then the
Authority or that person, as the case may be, may, if that ship is within the
waters of Hong Kong, detain that ship until the Authority or that person, as
the case may be, is satisfied that the ship complies with those requirements.

(3) The Authority or a person referred to in subsection (1) shall not in the
exercise of his powers under this section unreasonably delay or detain a ship.
(Enacted 1995)