CAP. 369
Merchant Shipping (Safety)
[1981 Ed.
Ship not to proceed to sea
without load line certificate.
Display of load line certificate and entry of particulars in official log-book.
(a) periodical inspections of the ship in accordance with the
load line regulations; and
(b) any extension of the period for which the certificate was
issued,
as may be prescribed by the regulations.
54. (1) Subject to any exemption conferred by or under this Part, no ship registered in Hong Kong shall proceed or attempt to proceed to sea unless an International Load Line Certificate (1966) is in force in respect of the ship.
(2) Before any such ship proceeds to sea, the master of the ship shall produce the certificate to the Director; and a clearance shall not be granted, and the ship may be detained, until the certificate is so produced.
(3) If any ship proceeds or attempts to proceed to sea in contravention of this section, the master of the ship commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $10,000.
55. (1) Where a certificate is issued in respect of a ship under section 51-
(a) the owner or master of the ship shall forthwith on receipt of the certificate cause it to be framed and posted up in some conspicuous place on board the ship, and shall cause it to be kept so framed and posted up and legible so long as the certificate remains in force and the ship is in use; and
(b) the master of the ship, before making any other entry in any official log-book relating to the ship, shall enter in it the particulars as to the positions of the deck-line and the load lines which are specified in the certificate.
(2) Before any ship registered in Hong Kong leaves any dock, wharf, harbour or other place for the purpose of proceeding to sea, the master of the ship-
(a) shall enter in the official log-book such particulars relating to the depth to which the ship is for the time being loaded as may be prescribed by the load line regulations;
(b) shall cause a notice, in such form and containing such of those particulars as may be specified in the regulations for the purposes of this paragraph, to be posted up in some conspicuous place on board the ship,
and, where such a notice has been posted up, the master of the ship shall cause it to be kept so posted up and legible until the ship arrives at some other dock, wharf, harbour or place.
(3) If the owner or master of a ship fails to comply with any requirement imposed on him by this section, he commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $2,000.