Hong Kong Regulations

MERCHANT SHIPPING (SEAFARERS) (RETURNS OF BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MISSING PERSONS) REGULATION - SECT 8

Contents of returns

(1) A return of a birth, death or missing person required to be made under
this Regulation-

   (a)  shall be in writing;

   (b)  shall be signed by the master of the ship as informant; and

   (c)  shall contain-

        (i)    in the case of a birth, subject to subsection (2), the
               particulars specified in Schedule 1;

        (ii)   in the case of a death, the particulars specified in Schedule
               2; and

        (iii)  in the case of a missing person, the particulars specified in
               Schedule 3, or so many of those particulars as the master may
               reasonably be able to obtain, having regard to the
               circumstances of the case.

(2) In the case of the birth of an illegitimate child, the name of any person
as father of such child shall not be entered in a return of the birth required
to be made under this Regulation except in the circumstances provided in
section 12(2)(a) to (d) of the Births and Deaths  Registration Ordinance (
Cap 174). (Enacted 1995)