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32. If any person-
Forgery of certificates.
Certificates of Convention ships not registered in Hong Kong.
(a) knowingly and wilfully makes, or assists in making, or procures to be made, a false or fraudulent declaration or certificate required by or under this Ordinance; or
(b) forges, assists in forging, procures to be forged, fraudulently alters, assists in fraudulently altering, or procures to be fraudulently altered, any such declaration or certificate, or anything contained in, or any signature to any such declaration or certificate,
he commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $50,000 and to imprisonment for 2 years.
Convention ships of other countries
33. (1) The Director may, at the request of the government of a country to which the Convention applies, issue in respect of a ship registered in that country any certificate the issue of which in respect of ships registered in Hong Kong is authorized under this Part if he is satisfied that it is proper for him to do so; and a certificate issued in pursuance of such a request and containing a statement that it has been so issued shall have effect for the purposes of this Part as if it had been issued by that government and not by the Director.
(2) A Government surveyor, for the purpose of verifying-
(a) that there is in force in respect of a Convention ship not registered in Hong Kong an accepted Convention certificate; or
(b) that the condition of the hull, equipment and machinery of any such Convention ship corresponds substantially with the particulars shown in such a certificate; or
(c) except where such a certificate states that the ship is wholly exempt from the provisions of the Convention relating to radiotelegraphy, radiotelephony and navigational equipment, that the number, grades and qualifications of radio officers or operators on board correspond with those shown in the certificate; or
(d) that any conditions on which such a certificate, being the equivalent of an exemption certificate, is issued are complied with,
shall have all the powers conferred by section 115.
(3) Where there is attached to an accepted Convention certificate in respect of a Convention passenger ship not registered in Hong Kong a memorandum which-
(a) has been issued by or under the authority of the government of the country in which the ship is registered; and
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Merchant Shipping (Safety)
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32. If any person-
Forgery of certificates.
Certificates of Convention ships not registered in Hong Kong.
(a) knowingly and wilfully makes, or assists in making, or procures to be made, a false or fraudulent declaration or certificate required by or under this Ordinance; or
(b) forges, assists in forging, procures to be forged, fraudu- lently alters, assists in fraudulently altering, or procures to be fraudulently altered, any such declaration or certificate, or anything contained in, or any signature to any such declaration or certificate,
he commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $50,000 and to imprisonment for 2 years.
Convention ships of other countries
33. (1) The Director may, at the request of the government of a country to which the Convention applies, issue in respect of a ship registered in that country any certificate the issue of which in respect of ships registered in Hong Kong is authorized under this part if he is satisfied that it is proper for him to do so; and a certificate issued in pursuance of such a request and containing a statement that it has been so issued shall have effect for the purposes of this Part as if it had been issued by that government and not by the Director.
(2) A Government surveyor, for the purpose of verifying--
(a) that there is in force in respect of a Convention ship not registered in Hong Kong an accepted Convention certifi- cate; or
(b) that the condition of the hull, equipment and machinery of
any such Convention ship corresponds substantially with the particulars shown in such a certificate; or
(c) except where such a certificate states that the ship is wholly exempt from the provisions of the Convention relating to radiotelegraphy, radiotelephony and navigational equip- ment, that the number, grades and qualifications of radio officers or operators on board correspond with those shown in the certificate; or
(d) that any conditions on which such a certificate, being the equivalent of an exemption certificate, is issued are com- plied with,
shall have all the powers conferred by section 115.
(3) Where there is attached to an accepted Convention cer- tificate in respect of a Convention passenger ship not registered in Hong Kong a memorandum which-
(a) has been issued by or under the authority of the govern-
ment of the country in which the ship is registered; and
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