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478U PDFTitle:MERCHANT SHIPPING (SEAFARERS) (EMPLOYMENT REGISTRATION BOOKS) REGULATIONGazette Number:
Section:11Heading:Delivery of employment registration bookVersion Date:30/06/1997

(1) The master of a ship who is in Hong Kong and who is in possession of an employment registration book issued to a seafarer-

        (a) who is not present when he is discharged, shall deliver it to the Superintendent within 48 hours after the discharge or as soon as practicable thereafter; or
        (b) who has died, shall deliver it to the Superintendent at the time he makes a return of that seafarer's death.
(2) Any person in Hong Kong, other than the master of a ship, who is in possession of an employment registration book issued to a seafarer shall, immediately after he becomes aware that the seafarer has been discharged from any ship, left behind in any country or has died, deliver it to the Superintendent.
(3) The master of a ship, or other person, outside Hong Kong who is in possession of an employment registration book issued to a seafarer-
        (a) who is not present when he is discharged;
        (b) who is left behind in any country; or
        (c) who has died,
may send it by post to the Superintendent.
(4) Any person who contravenes subsection (1) or (2) commits an offence.
(Enacted 1996)