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Ord. No. 59/79

MERCHANT SHIPPING (RECRUITING OF

SEAMEN) (AMENDMENT)

L.S.

HONG KONG

No. 59 OF 1979

I assent.

Short title.

Amendment of section 17A.

(Cap. 135.)

JACK CATER, Acting Governor.

19th July, 1979.

An Ordinance to amend the Merchant Shipping (Recruiting of Seamen)

Ordinance.

[20th July, 1979]

Enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof.

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Recruit- ing of Seamen) (Amendment) Ordinance 1979.

2.

Section 17A of the principal Ordinance is amended-

(a) by deleting subsection (1) and substituting the following-

(Cap. 215, 1964 Ed.) (Cap. 201.)

"(1) Whenever the Superintendent has reasonable grounds for believing that any seaman has, in Hong Kong or else- where-

(a) after the commencement of this Ordinance, been convicted of any offence involving the import, export, sale or other dealing in or with, or possession of any dangerous drug;

(b) been convicted-

(c)

(i) of an offence against section 73(2); or

(ii) of an offence against section 3(2) of the repealed Prevention of Corruption Ordinance or Part II of the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance in respect of any matter or transaction whatsoever, actual or proposed, in which the Seamen's Recruit- ing Office was concerned;

deserted his ship;

(d) neglected, or refused without reasonable cause, to

join his ship or to proceed to sea in his ship; (e) been convicted of any offence of such a nature as to render it desirable that he be suspended tem- porarily from service with foreign-going ships or should cease to serve on such ships;

(f) while engaged in service with foreign-going ships, been guilty of misconduct of such a serious nature as to render it desirable that he be suspended tem- porarily from service on, or should cease to serve on, such ships, whether or not such misconduct constituted an offence, and, if the misconduct did constitute an offence, whether or not the seaman has been convicted of such offence; or

(g) without reasonable excuse, failed to comply with any order, direction, requirement or request made,