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Merchant Shipping (Safety)
[1981 Ed.
Certificates to be exhibited.
Prohibition on proceeding to sea without appropriate certificates.
(2) If notice of any alteration is not given as required by this section, the owner or master of the ship commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $10,000 and to imprisonment for 6 months.
(3) If the Director has reason to believe that since the making of the last declaration of survey in respect of any ship to which subsection (1) applies-
(a) any such alteration has been made as is mentioned in subsection (1);
(b) the hull, equipment or machinery of the ship have sustained any damage or are otherwise insufficient; or
(c) the appliances or equipment of the ship referred to in subsection (1)(b) have sustained any damage or are otherwise insufficient,
he may, without prejudice to his powers under section 27, require the ship to be surveyed again as he thinks fit, and, if such requirement is not complied with, may cancel any certificate issued in respect of the ship under this Part.
(4) The power of the Director under subsection (3) to cancel a certificate shall be exercisable also where a ship has not been submitted for survey as required by the cargo ship construction and survey regulations.
(5) For the purposes of this section, “alteration” in relation to anything includes the renewal of any part of it.
24. (1) The owner or master of every ship shall forthwith on the receipt by him of a certificate under this Part cause one of the duplicates to be exhibited in some conspicuous part of the ship so as to be visible to all persons on board and shall cause it to continue to be exhibited so long as it remains in force and such ship is in use.
(2) If subsection (1) is not complied with, the owner or master concerned commits an offence unless he has a reasonable excuse, and is liable to a fine of $5,000.
(3) For the purposes of subsection (2)-
(a) compliance by the owner or master shall be deemed to be compliance by both of them; and
(b) an owner or master does not have a reasonable excuse by reason only that he has delegated his responsibility to his agent.
25. (1) No ship registered in Hong Kong shall proceed to sea on an international voyage unless there is in force in respect of the ship-
(a) if it is a passenger ship, a passenger certificate, a general safety certificate, a short voyage safety certificate, a qualified safety certificate or a qualified short voyage safety