Hong Kong Ordinances

STOWAWAYS ORDINANCE - SECT 5

Stowaways brought into the waters of Hong Kong in custody

(Past version on 30/06/1997).

Adaptation amendments retroactively made - see 64 of 1999 s. 3 Any person who,
at some place outside Hong Kong and the waters thereof, obtains a passage on
board any ship without the consent of the owner, and who is brought into the
waters of Hong Kong on board the said ship in custody, shall, notwithstanding
the fact of such custody, be deemed to have committed the offence specified in
section 3(b), provided that such person was first detained in custody on board
the said ship after leaving the last port of call before arrival in the waters
of Hong Kong. (Amended 64 of 1999 s. 3)