Hong Kong Regulations

MERCHANT SHIPPING (SEAFARERS) (RETURNS OF BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MISSING PERSONS) REGULATION - SCHEDULE 2

PARTICULARS REQUIRED TO BE CONTAINED IN RETURNS OF DEATHS

[sections 8(1)(c)(ii), 9, 11(2) & 16]

1. Ship in which death occurred or in which the deceased was employed

   (a)  name of ship; and

   (b)  (i) wherever it is registered, its port of registry and official
        number; and

        (ii)   if it is not a Hong Kong ship, the name of its owner and his
               address.

2. The deceased

   (a)  date of death or loss;

   (b)  (i) if the death took place in the ship or in a ship's boat or if the
        deceased was lost from the ship or a ship's boat, the place of death
        or, if at sea, the position of the ship or ship's boat by latitude and
        longitude at the time of the death or loss (as the case may require);
        and

        (ii)   in any other case, the place of death;

   (c)  name and surname;

   (d)  sex;

   (e)  date of birth (if known) or age;

   (f)  (if known) maiden surname of woman who has been married (being the
        name under which she contracted her marriage or, where she has been
        married more than once, her first marriage);

   (g)  occupation, rank or profession;

   (h)  usual residence at time of death or loss;

   (i)  nationality; and

   (j)  cause of death or loss, if known (certified if possible by ship's
        medical practitioner or other medical practitioner).

3. Informant

   (a)  name and surname of master; or

   (b)  in the case of a death authorized to be recorded under section  9 of
        this Regulation and where no informant is notified the name and office
        of the person who conducted the inquiry pursuant to section 122 of the
        Ordinance or of the coroner who held the inquest or was satisfied that
        no inquest was necessary.