1986 Ed.]
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(b) discharge logs or other timber from a vessel into the waters
of Hong Kong; or
(c) tow or store logs or other timber in the waters of Hong
Kong.
74. (1) Any person who obstructs the Director, or any other
Obstruction.
person, performing or exercising any function, duty or power under this Ordinance commits an offence and, subject to subsection (2), is liable to a fine of $10,000 and to imprisonment for 6 months.
(2) An owner, agent or master of a vessel who commits an offence under subsection (1) is liable to a fine of $50,000 and to imprisonment for 2 years.
75. (1) Without prejudice to any other provision of this Ordinance, any person who, being required to give any information to the Director or any other person under this Ordinance, fails without reasonable excuse to give such information or gives any information, whether in writing, orally or otherwise, which he knows to be false or misleading as to a material particular commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $5,000 and to imprisonment for 6 months. (Amended, 46 of 1981, s. 11)
(2) Notwithstanding anything in the Magistrates Ordinance, proceedings in respect of an offence against this section may be brought at any time within 2 years next after the commission of the offence or within 6 months after the first discovery thereof by the prosecutor, whichever period expires first.
76. (1) In any legal proceedings for a contravention of this Ordinance, any entry in the official log book of a vessel, deck log book, engine room log book or other similar document, or a document purporting to be a copy of any such entry and to be certified as a true copy by any person specified in subsection (2), shall, until the contrary is proved-
(a) be admitted in evidence and be sufficient evidence of the
matters stated therein; and
(b) in the case of such a copy, be presumed that it is so
certified.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), the persons who may certify copies of entries in an official log book, deck log book, engine room log book or other similar document are-
(a) the Director or any person authorized by him in writing in
that behalf;
(b) a magistrate;
(c) a justice of the peace;
(d) a notary public, as defined in the Legal Practitioners
Ordinance;
(e) a consular officer.
False information.
(Cap. 227.)
Use of official log book in evidence.
(Cap. 159.)
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