Hong Kong Regulations

MERCHANT SHIPPING (LOCAL VESSELS) (FEES) REGULATION - SECT 30

Fees for attendance at legal proceedings or inquiries

Division 1—Fees for attendance at legal proceedings or inquiries, giving
advices, examination of plans, search of records and issue of documents

(1) The fee to be paid in respect of an attendance of a specified  officer in
any legal proceedings or inquiries, as a relevant service, is—

   (a)  in the case of an attendance within Hong Kong, for each hour of the
        attendance period of each officer for the attendance, $1115;

   (b)  in the case of an attendance outside Hong Kong, a fee equal to the
        aggregate of the following amounts—

        (i)    for each of the following— (A) the first 24 hours, or part of
               it, of the travel period of each officer for the attendance;
               (B) each subsequent period of 24 hours, if any, of that travel 
               period; (C) the remaining time of that travel period, an amount
               of $7645;

        (ii)   an amount that is, in the opinion of the Director, equivalent
               to the travelling and subsistence expenses of each officer
               incurred during that travel period.

(2) In this section, "attendance period" (出席期間), in relation to an
attendance of a specified officer in any legal proceedings or inquiries,
means—

   (a)  the period of time, in hours, during which the attendance continues;
        or

   (b)  if that period of time is not a whole number, the period of time
        rounded up to the next whole number.

"attendance period" (出席期間)