Hong Kong Regulations

MERCHANT SHIPPING (SEAFARERS) (RETURNS OF BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MISSING PERSONS) REGULATION - SECT 7

Returns of births, deaths and missing persons

(1) Any return of a birth, death or missing person required to be made under
section 3, 4 or 5 shall be made by the master of the ship to the
Superintendent as soon as practicable after (but, in any case, not later than
6 months after)-

   (a)  the birth or death to which it relates; or

   (b)  the person is found missing, as the case may be.

(2) Any return of a birth, death or missing person required to be made under
section 6 shall be made by the master of the ship to the Superintendent before
the ship leaves the waters of Hong Kong.

(3) Without prejudice to subsections (1) and (2) and section 15, a return of a
birth, death or missing person required to be made under section 3, 4, 5 or 6
which is not made within the period prescribed for the making thereof shall
not be invalid by reason only that it is not made within that period. (Enacted
1995)