Chapter Number and Title of Enactment
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Chapter: | 478 | Title: | MERCHANT SHIPPING (SEAFARERS) 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 478 | Long title | |
| Cap 478 s 1 | Short title | |
| Cap 478 s 2 | Interpretation | |
| Cap 478 s 3 | Application | |
| Cap 478 s 4 | Establishment of Seafarers' Authority | |
| Cap 478 s 5 | Establishment of Mercantile Marine Office | |
| Cap 478 s 6 | Establishment of Seafarers' Advisory Board | |
| Cap 478 s 7 | Register of seafarers | |
| Cap 478 s 8 | Part I of register | |
| Cap 478 s 9 | Part II of register | |
| Cap 478 s 10 | Seafarers required to be registered and renewal of registration | |
| Cap 478 s 11 | Employment of persons who are not seafarers | |
| Cap 478 s 12 | Disqualification for entry of seafarer's name in register | |
| Cap 478 s 13 | Particulars to be entered in register | |
| Cap 478 s 14 | Change of seafarer's rating | |
| Cap 478 s 15 | Power of Authority to direct that name of seafarer be restored to register | |
| Cap 478 s 16 | Seafarer's employment registration book | |
| Cap 478 s 17 | Regulations in relation to employment registration books | |
| Cap 478 s 18 | Establishment of Seafarers' Appeals Board | |
| Cap 478 s 19 | Members of Seafarers' Appeals Board | |
| Cap 478 s 20 | Complaint against seafarer | |
| Cap 478 s 21 | Suspension of registration of seafarer prior to disciplinary inquiry | |
| Cap 478 s 22 | Disciplinary inquiry to be held | |
| Cap 478 s 23 | Conduct of disciplinary inquiry | |
| Cap 478 s 24 | Summons | |
| Cap 478 s 25 | Representation | |
| Cap 478 s 26 | Evidence | |
| Cap 478 s 27 | Abandonment of disciplinary inquiry | |
| Cap 478 s 28 | Removal of seafarer's name from register | |
| Cap 478 s 29 | Suspension of registration of seafarer after disciplinary inquiry | |
| Cap 478 s 30 | Suspension on medical grounds | |
| Cap 478 s 31 | Appeals | |
| Cap 478 s 32 | Provision where hearing of appeal not commenced within prescribed period | |
| Cap 478 s 33 | Hearing of appeal in absence of appellant | |
| Cap 478 s 34 | Practice and procedure upon hearing of appeal | |
| Cap 478 s 35 | Majority decision | |
| Cap 478 s 36 | Determination of appeal | |
| Cap 478 s 37 | Seafarer, etc. to be given notice of decision of Appeals Board | |
| Cap 478 s 38 | Appeal to judge of District Court on point of law | |
| Cap 478 s 39 | Notice to employer of result of appeal | |
| Cap 478 s 40 | Control of listing, supply and employment of registered seafarers | |
| Cap 478 s 41 | Procedures for mustering and supply of registered seafarers | |
| Cap 478 s 42 | Procedures for the selection of registered seafarers for listing by permitted companies | |
| Cap 478 s 43 | Restrictions on listing of registered seafarers | |
| Cap 478 s 44 | Procedures for employment of registered seafarers by permitted companies | |
| Cap 478 s 45 | Employment of registered seafarers through mustering procedure | |
| Cap 478 s 46 | Registered seafarers may offer their services with permission of the Superintendent | |
| Cap 478 s 47 | Emergency employment procedures | |
| Cap 478 s 48 | Re-employment of registered seafarers | |
| Cap 478 s 49 | Return of employment and re-employment cards to Superintendent | |
| Cap 478 s 50 | Notification of intention not to re-employ | |
| Cap 478 s 51 | Authority may detain ship where seafarer is in the ship in contravention of section 40 | |
| Cap 478 s 52 | Permits to maintain company rosters | |
| Cap 478 s 53 | Information to be supplied to Superintendent | |
| Cap 478 s 54 | Grounds on which grant of permit may be refused | |
| Cap 478 s 55 | Notice of refusal to grant permit | |
| Cap 478 s 56 | Cancellation of permit | |
| Cap 478 s 57 | Restriction on ships for employment in which permitted crew department may supply registered seafarers | |
| Cap 478 s 58 | Changes in staff of permitted crew department to be notified to Superintendent | |
| Cap 478 s 59 | Display of names of crew department staff | |
| Cap 478 s 60 | Appeal against certain decisions of Superintendent | |
| Cap 478 s 61 | Permitted crew department records | |
| Cap 478 s 62 | Superintendent may require registered seafarer's name to be restored to crew department record | |
| Cap 478 s 63 | Restriction on supply of registered seafarers by permitted company | |
| Cap 478 s 64 | Lists of registered seafarers waiting to be supplied for employment in ships | |
| Cap 478 s 65 | Particulars of registered seafarers employed by permitted company to be delivered to Superintendent | |
| Cap 478 s 66 | Changes in particulars of permitted crew department to be notified to Superintendent | |
| Cap 478 s 67 | Approval of methods used in permitted crew department to select registered seafarers | |
| Cap 478 s 68 | Certain notices and other documents to be displayed in permitted crew department | |
| Cap 478 s 69 | Advance of wages | |
| Cap 478 s 70 | Approval of methods used by permitted company to pay allotments and remittances and display of certain notices | |
| Cap 478 s 71 | Corruption | |
| Cap 478 s 72 | Scale of certificated officers and other seafarers, etc. | |
| Cap 478 s 73 | Standards of competency of officers and other seafarers | |
| Cap 478 s 74 | Certificates of competency for seafarers other than officers | |
| Cap 478 s 75 | Rating as A.B. | |
| Cap 478 s 76 | Employment and discharge of seafarers to be conducted before the Superintendent | |
| Cap 478 s 77 | Fees upon employment or discharge | |
| Cap 478 s 78 | Procedure upon discharge, and provision for seafarer left behind or remaining in Hong Kong | |
| Cap 478 s 79 | Removal of discharged seafarers | |
| Cap 478 s 80 | Crew agreements | |
| Cap 478 s 81 | Regulations relating to crew agreements | |
| Cap 478 s 82 | Discharge of seafarers | |
| Cap 478 s 83 | Discharge of seafarers when ship ceases to be registered in Hong Kong | |
| Cap 478 s 84 | Payment of seafarer's wages | |
| Cap 478 s 85 | Account of seafarers' wages | |
| Cap 478 s 86 | Regulations relating to wages and accounts | |
| Cap 478 s 87 | Power of Superintendent to decide disputes about wages | |
| Cap 478 s 88 | Power of court to award interest on wages due otherwise than under crew agreement | |
| Cap 478 s 89 | Allotment notes | |
| Cap 478 s 90 | Right of person named in allotment note to sue in own name | |
| Cap 478 s 91 | Right, or loss of right, to wages in certain circumstances | |
| Cap 478 s 92 | Certificate of discharge to be provided to seafarer discharged in Hong Kong | |
| Cap 478 s 93 | Protection of certain rights and remedies | |
| Cap 478 s 94 | Remedies of master for remuneration, disbursements, etc. | |
| Cap 478 s 95 | Lists of crew | |
| Cap 478 s 96 | Regulations relating to health, safety and welfare of seafarers | |
| Cap 478 s 97 | Regulations relating to crew accommodation | |
| Cap 478 s 98 | Complaints about provisions or water | |
| Cap 478 s 99 | Other complaints | |
| Cap 478 s 100 | Medical stores | |
| Cap 478 s 101 | Medical treatment on board ship | |
| Cap 478 s 102 | Expenses of medical treatment, etc. during voyage | |
| Cap 478 s 103 | Medical inspection | |
| Cap 478 s 104 | Relief and return of seafarers left behind, etc. | |
| Cap 478 s 105 | Limit of employer's liability under section 104 | |
| Cap 478 s 106 | Recovery of expenses incurred for relief and return, etc. | |
| Cap 478 s 107 | Disciplinary offences | |
| Cap 478 s 108 | Payment of fines for disciplinary offences | |
| Cap 478 s 109 | Civil liability for smuggling | |
| Cap 478 s 110 | Civil liability for fines imposed under immigration laws | |
| Cap 478 s 111 | Interpretation | |
| Cap 478 s 112 | Inquiry into fitness or conduct of officer | |
| Cap 478 s 113 | Powers of persons holding inquiry | |
| Cap 478 s 114 | Re-hearing of and appeal from inquiries | |
| Cap 478 s 115 | Rules as to inquiries, etc. | |
| Cap 478 s 116 | Penalty for refusing to attend as witness, etc. | |
| Cap 478 s 117 | Failure to deliver cancelled or suspended certificate, etc. | |
| Cap 478 s 118 | Power to restore certificate, etc. | |
| Cap 478 s 119 | Official log books | |
| Cap 478 s 120 | Admissibility in evidence and inspection of certain documents | |
| Cap 478 s 121 | Returns of births, deaths and missing persons, etc. | |
| Cap 478 s 121A | Maintenance of register and storage of information | |
| Cap 478 s 121B | Disposal of certified copies filed in Marine Register Book of Births and Deaths | |
| Cap 478 s 122 | Inquiries into deaths of persons in Hong Kong ships | |
| Cap 478 s 123 | Entry to premises, etc. and power to search, seize, etc. | |
| Cap 478 s 124 | Power of Authority to prescribe forms | |
| Cap 478 s 125 | Delegations | |
| Cap 478 s 126 | Service of notices and documents on seafarers, etc. | |
| Cap 478 s 127 | False statement or information | |
| Cap 478 s 128 | Forgery, etc. of certificate | |
| Cap 478 s 129 | Handing over of documents on change of master | |
| Cap 478 s 130 | Power to detain ships in certain cases | |
| Cap 478 s 131 | Penalty for taking detained ship to sea | |
| Cap 478 s 132 | Notice to be given to nearest consular officer where proceedings taken in respect of foreign ship | |
| Cap 478 s 133 | Regulations relating to fees | |
| Cap 478 s 134 | Regulations - general powers | |
| Cap 478 s 135 | Payment of remuneration to certain persons | |
| Cap 478 s 136 | Interpretation | |
| Cap 478 s 137 | Place appointed to be the Office | |
| Cap 478 s 138 | Registered seamen deemed to be registered seafarers, etc. | |
| Cap 478 s 139 | Certain unregistered seamen deemed to be registered seafarers | |
| Cap 478 s 140 | Former permitted companies deemed to be permitted companies, etc. | |
| Cap 478 s 141 | Royal Fleet Auxiliary | |
| Cap 478 s 142 | Application of Merchant Shipping Acts, etc. | |
| Cap 478 s 143 | (Omitted as spent) | |
| Cap 478 Sched 1 | SPECIFIED PROVISIONS FOR PURPOSES OF SECTION 125 | |
| Cap 478 Sched 2 | (Omitted as spent) |
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