Hong Kong Regulations

MERCHANT SHIPPING (LOCAL VESSELS) (DWELLING VESSELS) REGULATION - SECT 17

Release of detained vessels, etc.

(1) A claim for the release of a vessel that is the subject of a notice served
under section 16(6), or for the release of any property on board the vessel,
may be submitted to the Director, subject to compliance with the following
requirements—

(a) the claim shall be submitted, in the case of a claim for the release of
the vessel, by the owner or licensee of the vessel and, in the case of a claim
for the release of any property on board the vessel, by the person who is the
owner or otherwise entitled to the possession of the property in question; and

   (b)  the claim shall be submitted within the period and at the place
        specified in the notice.

(2) If a claim is submitted to the Director for the release of a vessel that
is the subject of a notice served under section 16(6) or for the release of
any property on board the vessel, and if the Director is satisfied that the
claim is submitted in accordance with the requirements set out in subsection
(1) and that the action specified in the notice under section 16(8)(g) in
respect of the vessel or the property in question, as the case may be, has
been carried out, then the Director shall release the vessel or the property
in question, as the case may be, to the claimant.