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Notification prior to arrival of damaged vessels, etc.
(3) For the purposes of subsection (1)(c) a person shall be deemed to be seriously injured if he is admitted to a hospital immediately after he sustains the injury for observation or treatment.
68. (1) Where a vessel which-
(a) has been involved in a collision or has suffered damage which
may affect the inherent stability of the vessel; or
(b) has been or is on fire,
is expected to arrive in the waters of Hong Kong, the owner or his agent or the master of the vessel shall notify the Director of such expected arrival not less than 24 hours before the arrival of the vessel, or, if that is not practicable, as early as practicable before the arrival of the vessel.
(2) Where a vessel enters the waters of Hong Kong in contravention of subsection (1), the owner or his agent and the master commit an offence and each of them is liable to a fine of $10,000.
Duty to report fires on vessels.
Boarding ships without authority,
Cutting of morrings,
Endangering
the safety of others.
69. (1) Where-
(a) a fire occurs on board a vessel within the waters of Hong Kong:
or
(b) a vessel which is on fire arrives within the waters of Hong Kong: the owner or his agent or the master of the vessel shall report such occurrence or arrival forthwith to the Director of Fire Services,
(2) The Director of Fire Services and any member of the Fire Services Department of or above the rank of Principal Fireman may, at any time of day or night, board any vessel in the waters of Hong Kong. other than a warship, for the purpose of extinguishing a fire on board the vessel whether or not the fire has been reported to the Director of Fire Services, and may take with him such persons as may be necessary to assist him for such purpose.
(3) An owner, agent or master who without reasonable excuse fails to comply with subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $10,000.
70. (1) No person, other than a member of Her Majesty's forces in uniform and on duty or a person duly authorized by law for the purpose, shall without the permission of the owner or his agent or the master of a ship go on board the ship.
(2) A master of a ship may take into custody any person who con- travenes subsection (1) and shall deliver such person forthwith to a police officer.
(3) Any person who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $5,000 and to imprisonment for 6 months.
71. Any person, other than the Director or a person authorized by him, who without lawful excuse cuts a mooring or fastening of a vessel commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $3,000.
72. Any person who by any unlawful act, or in any manner what- soever without reasonable excuse, endangers or causes to be endangered the safety of any person conveyed in or being in or upon any vessel or in the sea commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $50,000 and to imprisonment for 2 years.