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Chapter: | 313
![]() | Title: | SHIPPING AND PORT CONTROL ORDINANCE | Gazette Number: | |
| Section: | 50 | Heading: | Emission of smoke from vessels | Version Date: | 30/06/1997 |
(1) Subject to subsection (2), no vessel in the waters of Hong Kong shall emit smoke in such quantity as to be a nuisance.
(2) Subsection (1) shall not apply to the emission of smoke in circumstances affecting the safety of life or of the vessel.
(3) If subsection (1) is contravened, the owner and master of the vessel commit an offence and each of them is liable for a first offence to a fine of $10000 and for a second or subsequent offence to a fine of $20000.