Chapter:	478L	Title:	MERCHANT SHIPPING (SEAFARERS) (CREW AGREEMENTS, LISTS OF CREW AND DISCHARGE OF SEAFARERS) REGULATION	Gazette Number:
Section:	21	Heading:	Notice of discharge	Version Date:	30/06/1997

(1) Subject to section 22, the master of ship shall, not less than 48 hours before a seafarer is discharged from the ship or, if it is not practicable within that period, as soon as practicable thereafter, give a notice of discharge in writing to the Superintendent if the seafarer is to be so discharged in Hong Kong.
(2) A notice of discharge shall contain the following particulars-

(a) the name of the ship, its port of registry and official number;
(b) the place, date and time of the seafarer's discharge;
(c) the capacity in which the seafarer is employed in the ship; and
(d) the seafarer's name if, at the time of discharge, a dispute about his wages is to be submitted to the Superintendent under section 87 of the Ordinance or a complaint in writing is to be made by the seafarer to the Superintendent under section 9 of the Merchant Shipping (Seafarers) (Disciplinary Offences on Board Ships) Regulation (Cap 478 sub. leg. N).