1986 Ed.]
Merchant Shipping
[CAP. 281
Hong 19. If any ship carrying passengers is found on arrival in the Colony to be in a filthy and insanitary condition, the master of the ship shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of $20,000 and to imprisonment for 12 months. It shall be the duty of the Port Health Officer to inspect every such ship on its arrival in order to ascertain the sanitary condition thereof.
(Amended, 17 of 1965, s. 10 and 73 of 1974, s. 12)
20. The master of any ship before shipping any seaman may require that such seaman shall be inspected by a registered medical practitioner.
Penalty on
master for filthy condition of ship.
Medical inspection.
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Death or desertion to be reported.
21. (1) In the event of the death of any of the crew, passengers or other persons on board any ship in the waters of Colony, or of the desertion of any of the crew of any British ship or of any foreign ship whose flag is not represented by a consular officer resident in the Colony, or in the event of the death of any of the crew, passengers or persons on board any ship in the course of a voyage to the Colony, the master of such ship shall forthwith or on the arrival of the ship in the Colony as the case may be report the same to the Director.
(Amended, 17 of 1965, s. 11 and 73 of 1974, s. 12)
(2) Any master of a ship who fails to comply with subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of $5,000. (Added, 73 of 1974, s. 12)
22. (1) If a seaman or apprentice to the sea service dies in Hong Kong and is at the time of his death entitled to claim from the master or owner of a ship in which he has served any effects or unpaid wages, the master or owner shall pay and deliver or account for such property to the Director.
(2) Where any property of a deceased seaman or apprentice comes into the hands of the Director, the Director, after deducting for expenses incurred in respect of that seaman or apprentice or of his property such sum as he thinks proper to allow, shall subject to the provisions of this Ordinance deal with the residue as follows-
(a) if the property exceeds in value $5,000 he shall pay and deliver the residue to the legal personal representative of the deceased; or (Amended, 17 of 1965, s. 12)
(b) if the property does not exceed in value $5,000, the Director may as he thinks fit either pay or deliver the residue to any claimant who is proved to his satisfaction to be the widow or a child of the deceased or to be entitled to the personalty of the deceased either under his will (if any) or any statute of distribution or otherwise, or to be a person entitled to take out representation, although no such representation has been taken out, and shall be thereby discharged from all further liability in respect of the residue so paid or delivered; or (Amended, 17 of 1965, s. 12)
Property
of deceased seamen to be delivered to Director.
Pr. Act, ss. 175 and 176.