Chapter:	313	Title:	SHIPPING AND PORT CONTROL ORDINANCE	Gazette Number:
Section:	16	Heading:	Power to give directions	Version Date:	30/06/1997

The Director may give to an owner or his agent or to a master of, or other person who appears to the Director to be in control over, a vessel such directions as he thinks fit in any particular case-

(a) for controlling the vessel when entering or leaving the waters of Hong Kong;
(b) for controlling the navigation and movement of the vessel in the waters of Hong Kong;
(c) as to the place and manner in which the vessel shall be berthed, moored, anchored or secured;
(d) for the removal of the vessel from any berth, mooring or anchorage to another berth, mooring or anchorage;
(e) prohibiting the berthing, mooring or anchoring of the vessel in any particular place;
(f) for ensuring the safety of, or preventing the outbreak of fire on, the vessel in the waters of Hong Kong. (Amended 46 of 1981 s. 5)