Hong Kong Regulations

MERCHANT SHIPPING (LOCAL VESSELS) (CERTIFICATION AND LICENSING) REGULATION - SECT 52

Offences for false statements or information

A person who—

   (a)  either—

        (i)    for the purpose of procuring, whether for himself or any other
               person, the issue, grant, renewal or amendment of, or the
               endorsement on, a certificate of ownership, full licence,
               temporary licence or permission  for a laid-up vessel under
               section 7, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 19, 23, 26, 37, 40 or 54 of
               this Regulation (including, in the case of section 23, that
               section as applied by section 29) or section 66 of the
               Ordinance; or

        (ii)   in purported compliance with, or otherwise for the purpose of,
               a requirement under this Regulation, makes a declaration or
               statement, or supplies any information, knowing it to be false
               or misleading as to a material particular;

   (b)  fraudulently uses a document referred to in paragraph (a)(i), or a
        copy of it, that has been forged, altered, cancelled, revoked or
        suspended or to which he is not entitled; or

   (c)  fraudulently lends a document referred to in paragraph (a)(i) or a
        copy of it to, or allows it to be used by, a person who is not
        entitled to use it, commits an offence and is liable on conviction to
        a fine at level 3 and to imprisonment for 6 months.