Hong Kong Regulations

MERCHANT SHIPPING (LOCAL VESSELS) (CERTIFICATION AND LICENSING) REGULATION - SECT 54

Duplicate certificate of ownership, full licence, temporary licence or permission for a laid-up vessel

(1) The Director may—

   (a)  on written application made by the owner of a local vessel or his
        agent, showing to the Director's satisfaction the destruction,
        defacement or loss of any certificate of ownership, full licence,
        temporary licence or permission for a laid-up vessel in respect of the
        vessel; and

   (b)  on payment of the prescribed fee, issue to the owner or his agent a
        duplicate of the certificate, licence or permission.

(2) Every duplicate certificate, licence or permission issued under subsection
(1) shall be clearly endorsed in a conspicuous place with the
English word "DUPLICATE" and the Chinese characters "複本".

(3) A duplicate certificate, licence or permission issued under subsection (1)
shall supersede the original which shall cease to have effect and shall be
returned to the Director—

   (a)  if the original is defaced, on the making of an application under
        subsection (1); or

   (b)  if the original is lost, as soon as it is found.

(4) Where without reasonable excuse an original certificate, licence or
permission is not returned as required by subsection (3), the owner of the
local vessel concerned and his agent each commits an offence and is liable to
a fine at level 3.