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Merchant Shipping
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(6) Any master of a ship who refuses to comply, or unnecessarily delays compliance, with any requirement made under subsection (5) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of $10,000 and to imprisonment for 6 months. (Added, 73 of 1974, s. 12)
(7) Any master of a ship who makes a statutory declaration under subsection (5) containing a statement which to his knowledge is false or misleading as to a material particular, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of $50,000 and to imprisonment for 2 years. (Added, 73 of 1974, s. 12)
16. (1) Subject to subsection (1B), any seaman or apprentice lawfully engaged on a ship who, in Hong Kong-
(a) deserts his ship;
(b) neglects, or refuses without reasonable cause, to join the ship or to proceed to sea on the ship, or is absent without leave from the ship at any time within 24 hours before the ship is due to sail from Hong Kong, either at the commencement or during the course of a voyage;
(c) is absent at any time without leave and without sufficient reason from the ship or from his duties in connexion with the ship;
(d) quits the ship without leave after the ship's arrival in Hong Kong and before the ship has taken up a safe berth;
(e) wilfully disobeys any lawful command of a superior officer of the ship;
(f) wilfully continues to disobey the lawful commands of a superior officer of the ship or to neglect to perform his duties in connexion with the ship;
(g) assaults the master, or any mate or certificated engineer, of the ship;
(h) combines with any of the crew of the ship to-
(i) disobey the lawful commands of any of the ship's superior officers;
(ii) neglect his duties in connexion with the ship; or
(iii) impede the navigation of the ship or the progress of the voyage of the ship;
(i) wilfully damages the ship; or
(j) embezzles or wilfully damages any of the ship's stores or cargo,
shall be guilty of an offence. (Replaced, 73 of 1974, s. 12)
(1A) A person who commits an offence against subsection (1) shall be liable on conviction-
Offences against discipline.