Chapter Number and Title of Enactment
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Chapter: | 369 | Title: | MERCHANT SHIPPING (SAFETY) ORDINANCE |  | |
: If this pencil mark appears at the beginning of a provision, that provision is subject to amendments that are already in operation but have not yet been incorporated in its text.
| Cap 369 | Long title | |
| Cap 369 Part I | PRELIMINARY | |
| Cap 369 s 1 | Short title | |
| Cap 369 s 2 | Interpretation | |
| Cap 369 s 3 | Application | |
| Cap 369 Part II | SURVEY AND CERTIFICATES | |
| Cap 369 s 4 | Interpretation | |
| Cap 369 s 5 | Appointment of Government surveyors | |
| Cap 369 s 6 | Powers and duties of Government surveyors | |
| Cap 369 s 7 | Returns by Government surveyors | |
| Cap 369 s 8 | Approval of organizations to survey ships and issue certificates | |
| Cap 369 s 9 | Annual survey of passenger ship | |
| Cap 369 s 10 | Mode of survey and declaration of survey | |
| Cap 369 s 11 | Survey of ships other than passenger ships | |
| Cap 369 s 12 | Appeal to court of survey | |
| Cap 369 s 13 | No appeal in certain cases | |
| Cap 369 s 14 | Issue of passenger certificate | |
| Cap 369 s 15 | Issue for passenger ships of safety certificates and exemption certificates | |
| Cap 369 s 16 | Modification of safety certificate in respect of life-saving appliances | |
| Cap 369 s 17 | Issue for cargo ships of safety equipment certificates and exemption certificates | |
| Cap 369 s 18 | Issue for cargo ships of radio certificates and exemption certificates | |
| Cap 369 s 19 | (Repealed 6 of 2000 s. 4) | |
| Cap 369 s 20 | Issue of general safety certificates, etc. on partial compliance with regulations | |
| Cap 369 s 21 | Cargo ship safety construction certificates and exemption certificates | |
| Cap 369 s 21A | Issue of cargo ship safety certificates | |
| Cap 369 s 22 | Delivery of certificate and declarations | |
| Cap 369 s 23 | Notice of alterations and additional surveys | |
| Cap 369 s 24 | Certificates to be exhibited | |
| Cap 369 s 25 | Prohibition on proceeding to sea without appropriate certificates | |
| Cap 369 s 25A | Prohibition on certain ships proceeding to sea unless relevant regulations complied with | |
| Cap 369 s 26 | Duration of certificates | |
| Cap 369 s 27 | Cancellation of certificates | |
| Cap 369 s 28 | Delivery up of certificates | |
| Cap 369 s 29 | Extension of certificates | |
| Cap 369 s 30 | Miscellaneous provisions | |
| Cap 369 s 31 | Issue of certificate at request of Director | |
| Cap 369 s 32 | Forgery of certificates | |
| Cap 369 s 33 | Certificates of Convention ships not registered in Hong Kong | |
| Cap 369 s 34 | Further provisions as to the production of Convention certificates | |
| Cap 369 s 34A | Production of documentary evidence of compliance with certificate requirements | |
| Cap 369 s 35 | Exemption of certain ships | |
| Cap 369 Part III | EQUIPMENT OF SHIPS AND EXCESS PASSENGERS | |
| Cap 369 s 36 | Equipment of passenger ships | |
| Cap 369 s 37 | Restriction to decks on which passengers may be carried | |
| Cap 369 s 38 | Excess passengers | |
| Cap 369 s 39 | Director may refuse clearance of ship carrying excess passengers | |
| Cap 369 s 40 | Prohibition on increasing weight on safety valve | |
| Cap 369 s 41 | Signalling lamps | |
| Cap 369 s 42 | Anchors and cables | |
| Cap 369 s 43 | Duties of owners and masters as to carrying life-saving appliances and fire-fighting appliances | |
| Cap 369 s 44 | Penalty for breach of life-saving appliances regulations and fire-fighting appliances regulations | |
| Cap 369 s 45 | Entry in log-book of boat-drill | |
| Cap 369 s 46 | Application to ships not registered in Hong Kong* | |
| Cap 369 Part IV | LOAD LINES | |
| Cap 369 s 47 | Interpretation | |
| Cap 369 s 48 | Compliance with load line regulations | |
| Cap 369 s 49 | Submersion of load lines | |
| Cap 369 s 50 | Miscellaneous offences in relation to marks | |
| Cap 369 s 51 | Issue of load line certificate | |
| Cap 369 s 52 | Effect of load line certificate | |
| Cap 369 s 53 | Endorsement of load line certificates | |
| Cap 369 s 54 | Ship not to proceed to sea without load line certificate | |
| Cap 369 s 55 | Display of load line certificate and entry of particulars in official log-book | |
| Cap 369 s 56 | Inspection of ships | |
| Cap 369 s 57 | Valid Convention certificates | |
| Cap 369 s 58 | Compliance with load line regulations | |
| Cap 369 s 59 | Submersion of load lines | |
| Cap 369 s 60 | Production of certificate to Director | |
| Cap 369 s 61 | Provisions as to inspection | |
| Cap 369 s 62 | Power to exempt | |
| Cap 369 s 63 | Issue of exemption certificates | |
| Cap 369 s 64 | Endorsement of exemption certificates | |
| Cap 369 s 65 | Subdivision load lines | |
| Cap 369 s 66 | Miscellaneous and supplementary provisions | |
| Cap 369 Part V | UNSAFE SHIPS AND DETENTION | |
| Cap 369 s 67 | Offence in respect of dangerously unsafe ship | |
| Cap 369 s 68 | Power to detain unsafe ships, and procedure for detention | |
| Cap 369 s 69 | Liability for costs and damages | |
| Cap 369 s 70 | Power to require security for costs from complainant | |
| Cap 369 s 71 | General provisions in respect of detention order | |
| Cap 369 s 72 | Application of detention provisions to ships not registered in Hong Kong* | |
| Cap 369 s 73 | Owners' obligation to secure safety of ships | |
| Cap 369 Part VI | COURTS OF SURVEY | |
| Cap 369 s 74 | Appointment of courts of survey | |
| Cap 369 s 75 | Procedure in respect of courts of survey | |
| Cap 369 s 76 | Nothing to affect admiralty jurisdiction of High Court | |
| Cap 369 Part VII | SAFETY OF NAVIGATION | |
| Cap 369 s 77 | Observance of collision regulations | |
| Cap 369 s 78 | Assistance to be rendered in the event of collisions | |
| Cap 369 s 79 | Collision to be entered in official log-book | |
| Cap 369 s 80 | Report to Director of accidents to ships | |
| Cap 369 s 81 | Notice of loss of ship registered in Hong Kong to be given to the Director* | |
| Cap 369 s 82 | Report of dangers to navigation | |
| Cap 369 s 83 | Signals of distress | |
| Cap 369 s 84 | Obligation to assist vessels, etc. in distress | |
| Cap 369 s 85 | Careful navigation near ice | |
| Cap 369 s 86 | Method of giving helm orders | |
| Cap 369 Part VIII | DANGEROUS GOODS | |
| Cap 369 s 87 | Offences in respect of dangerous goods | |
| Cap 369 s 88 | Stowage of dangerous goods | |
| Cap 369 s 89 | Forfeiture of dangerous goods | |
| Cap 369 s 90 | Director may refuse clearance | |
| Cap 369 s 91 | Power to deal with goods suspected of being dangerous | |
| Cap 369 s 92 | Saving for other enactments relating to dangerous goods | |
| Cap 369 Part IX | REGULATIONS | |
| Cap 369 s 93 | Collision regulations | |
| Cap 369 s 94 | Passenger ship construction regulations | |
| Cap 369 s 95 | Regulations in respect of openings in passenger ships' hulls and watertight bulkheads | |
| Cap 369 s 96 | Cargo ship construction and survey regulations | |
| Cap 369 s 97 | Radio regulations | |
| Cap 369 s 98 | Navigational equipment regulations | |
| Cap 369 s 99 | Regulations for life-saving and fire-fighting appliances | |
| Cap 369 s 100 | Regulations in respect of distress signals and navigational warnings | |
| Cap 369 s 101 | Regulations in respect of carriage of dangerous goods | |
| Cap 369 s 102 | Load line regulations | |
| Cap 369 s 103 | Regulations for testing anchor and chain cables | |
| Cap 369 s 104 | Regulations relating to carriage of grain | |
| Cap 369 s 105 | Deck cargo regulations | |
| Cap 369 s 106 | Nuclear ship regulations | |
| Cap 369 s 107 | General safety regulations | |
| Cap 369 s 108 | Nautical publications | |
| Cap 369 s 109 | Regulations as to procedure, fees, etc. in courts of survey | |
| Cap 369 s 110 | Regulations as to fees and surveys | |
| Cap 369 s 111 | (Repealed 20 of 1996 s. 6) | |
| Cap 369 s 112 | Penalties under regulations | |
| Cap 369 s 112A | Power of Director to amend Schedules, prescribe specifications etc., issue instructions, directions or codes of practice and approve forms | |
| Cap 369 s 112B | Supplementary regulation-making power in relation to international agreements applicable to Hong Kong | |
| Cap 369 Part X | MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS | |
| Cap 369 s 113 | Power of Secretary to give directions* | |
| Cap 369 s 114 | Power to exempt | |
| Cap 369 s 115 | Powers of inspection | |
| Cap 369 s 116 | Obstruction | |
| Cap 369 s 117 | Power to detain | |
| Cap 369 s 118 | Application of section 69 | |
| Cap 369 s 119 | Notice to be given to consular officer where proceedings taken in respect of ships not registered in Hong Kong* | |
| Cap 369 s 119A | Time limit for criminal proceedings | |
| Cap 369 s 120 | Service of documents | |
| Cap 369 s 121 | Payment of remuneration to certain persons | |
| Cap 369 s 122 | Use of official log-book in evidence | |
| Cap 369 s 123 | Saving | |
| Cap 369 | SCHEDULE (Repealed 20 of 1996 s. 8) |
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