Hong Kong Regulations

MERCHANT SHIPPING (LOCAL VESSELS) (CERTIFICATION AND LICENSING) REGULATION - SECT 34

Cancellation or suspension of full licence or temporary licence for contravention of conditions or restrictions, etc.

(1) If, in respect of a local vessel, the Director believes on reasonable
grounds that any conditions or restrictions attached to the full licence or
temporary licence is contravened or the Ordinance or any regulation made under
it is contravened, the Director may, without prejudice to the liability of any
person for the contravention, by written notice given to the owner or his
agent—

   (a)  cancel or suspend the licence; and

   (b)  request the owner or his agent to deliver the licence to him within 7
        working days after the notice is given.

(2) A person who, without reasonable excuse, fails to deliver a full licence
or temporary licence that is cancelled or suspended as requested in a notice
given under subsection (1), commits an offence and is liable on conviction to
a fine at level 3.