### Shipping and Port Control Regulations 《船舶及港口管制規例》

28. Failure to depart on obtaining port clearance
(1) If a master after having obtained port clearance under regulation 27 does not proceed to sea within 72 hours thereafter, he shall report forthwith to the Director the reason for not proceeding to sea and shall, if so required by the Director, deposit the ship’s papers with the Director. (L.N. 302 of 1991)
(2) Any master who without reasonable excuse contravenes this regulation commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $5,000.

29. Notification regarding dead ships
(1) Where a dead ship is expected to arrive in the waters of Hong Kong, the owner or his agent or the master thereof shall notify the Director of such expected arrival not less than 24 hours before the arrival of the dead ship, or, if that is not practicable, as early as practicable before the arrival of the dead ship.
(2) Subject to paragraph (5), the owner or his agent or the master of a ship shall without delay notify the Director if the ship becomes a dead ship after its arrival within the waters of Hong Kong.
(3) Subject to paragraph (5), the owner or his agent or the master of a dead ship which is within the waters of Hong Kong shall without delay notify the Director after the dead ship ceases to be a dead ship.
(4) A notification required to be given to the Director under this regulation shall initially be given over a telephone or by means of a radio or radiotelephone transmission and shall then be confirmed in writing by the owner, agent or master within 24 hours after such initial notification.
(5) (a) Paragraph (2) shall not apply where permission to carry out maintenance or repair work is obtained under section 18(3) of the Ordinance.
(b) Paragraphs (2) and (3) shall not apply to any dead ship to which section 18(2) and (3) of the Ordinance does not apply.
(6) Any owner, agent or master who without reasonable excuse contravenes this regulation commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $5,000.

30. Information regarding dead ships
(1) An owner, agent or master shall give to the Director such information as the Director may require in respect of a dead ship or a ship which is to become a dead ship.
(2) The information which the Director may require under paragraph (1) shall be such as he may reasonably require for the exercise of his powers in relation to the proper control of dead ships.
(3) Any information required under paragraph (1) which is given over a telephone or by means of a radio or radiotelephone transmission shall, if so required by the Director, be given in writing by the owner, agent or master within 24 hours after such requirement.

### Shipping and Port Control Regulations 《船舶及港口管制規例》

31. Notification regarding laid-up vessels
(1) Where a vessel, which to the knowledge of the owner or his agent or the master thereof will become a laid-up vessel whilst within the waters of Hong Kong, is expected to arrive in such waters, the owner, agent or master shall notify the Director of such expected arrival not less than 24 hours before the arrival of the vessel, or, if that is not practicable, as early as practicable before the arrival of the vessel.
(2) The owner or his agent or the master of a vessel shall without delay notify the Director if the vessel becomes a laid-up vessel after its arrival within the waters of Hong Kong.
(3) The owner or his agent or the master of a laid-up vessel which is within the waters of Hong Kong shall without delay notify the Director after the laid-up vessel ceases to be a laid-up vessel.
(4) A notification required to be given to the Director under this regulation shall initially be given over a telephone or by means of a radio or radiotelephone transmission and shall then be confirmed in writing by the owner, agent or master within 24 hours after such initial notification.
(5) Any owner, agent or master who without reasonable excuse contravenes this regulation commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $5,000.

32. Information regarding laid-up ships
(1) An owner, agent or master shall give to the Director such information as the Director may require in respect of a laid-up vessel or a vessel which is to become a laid-up vessel.
(2) The information which the Director may require under paragraph (1) shall be such as he may reasonably require for the exercise of his powers in relation to the proper control of laid-up vessels.
(3) Any information required under paragraph (1) which is given over a telephone or by means of a radio or radiotelephone transmission shall, if so required by the Director, be given in writing by the owner, agent or master within 24 hours after such requirement.

32A. Tanker arrival notice
(1) The owner, agent or master of a vessel which is a tanker shall, not less than 24 hours before the intended entry of that vessel into the waters of Hong Kong, inform the Director to that effect by notification and provide the information specified in the Seventeenth Schedule.
(2) Any owner, agent or master who without reasonable excuse contravenes this regulation commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $10,000.
(L.N. 408 of 1994)

### Shipping and Port Control Regulations 《船舶及港口管制規例》

33. Identification and display of signals
(1) Every vessel shall— (43 of 1999 s. 91)
(a) when entering the waters of Hong Kong between sunrise and sunset, hoist her— (L.N. 408 of 1994)
(i) national colours;
(ii) house flag (if any); and
(iii) signal letters;
(b) when entering and leaving any port, hoist her national colours;
(c) when underway in any port between sunrise and sunset, keep her identification flags hoisted and also fly, well clear of the identification flags, the appropriate berthing signal, if any, specified in the Eighth Schedule.
(d) when underway in the waters of Hong Kong between sunset and sunrise, identify herself, if so required by any vessel which makes the international code signal “K”;
(e) hoist her signal letters not less than 30 minutes before leaving a berth or anchorage between sunrise and sunset;
(f) hoist a Blue Peter not less than 18 hours before the intended time of proceeding to sea.
(2) (Repealed 43 of 1999 s. 91)(3) If without reasonable excuse paragraph (1) is contravened, the master of the vessel commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $5,000.

34. Display of flags “S” over the code pennant
(1) The master of a vessel which has been boarded by an authorized officer pursuant to section 59 of the Ordinance shall if required by such authorized officer hoist the international code flags “S” over the answering pennant.
(2) Where the international code flags “S” over the answering pennant are hoisted under paragraph (1)—
(a) no person shall board or leave the vessel; and
(b) no other vessel shall approach within 30 metres of the vessel,
without the permission of the authorized officer.
(3) Any master who fails to comply with a requirement under paragraph (1) commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $5,000.
(4) Any person who contravenes paragraph (2)(a), or the master of any vessel which contravenes paragraph (2)(b), commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $5,000.

35. Signals on police launches
(1) A police launch shall, for the purposes of regulation 20, exhibit the following signal—
(a) between sunrise and sunset, a blue flag with one white and two red diagonal stripes; and
(b) between sunset and sunrise, a blue light.
(2) If any vessel exhibits without authority any signal specified in paragraph (1), the master of the vessel commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $5,000.