HONG KONG
LEGAL REPORT
Enclosure No. 2
THE MERCHANT SHIPPING (AMENDMENT) ORDINANCE 1971.
(No.10 of 1971)
The main purpose of this Ordinance is to delete from the principal Ordinance references to the Government Gunpowder Depot, which was under the control of the Director of Marine.
2. This is consequential to the amendment of the Dangerous Goods Ordinance (Chapter 295) to provide for the establishment of Government Explosive Depots under the control and management of the Commissioner of Mines. Under that Ordinance, however, the Director of Marine will retain control of the surveying, movement, siting and mooring of any ship which is designated as an Explosives Depot. These amendments are contained in sections 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10.
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Section 69 (3) of the principal Ordinance, which deals with signals for police assistance aboard vessels, is amended by section 3 to accord with a recent revision of the International Code of Signals. Section 78(4) of the principal Ordinance, which deals with the powers of police officers in respect of vessels which have been lawfully required to stop, is amended by section. 4 to conform with the revised Code.
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Before His Excellency the Governor assented to the Bill in the name and on behalf of Her Majesty, I advised that he could properly do so.
15th March, 1971.
ATTORNEY GENERAL'S CHAMBERS,
HONG KONG,
Many dohut
Attorney General.
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