### Merchant Shipping (Seafarers) Ordinance 《商船(海員)條例》

41. Procedures for mustering and supply of registered persons
(Amended 16 of 2013 s. 2)(1) A person shall not be supplied by the Office for selection for employment in a ship unless— (Amended 16 of 2013 s. 2)
(a) he is a registered person— (Amended 16 of 2013 s. 2)
(i) whose registration is not for the time being suspended under this Ordinance; and
(ii) who has given notice to the Superintendent that he seeks such employment; and
(b) where the ship is a sea-going ship, his name is entered in Part I of the register. (Amended 23 of 1998 s. 2)
(2) The method used in the Office for mustering registered persons to be supplied for selection for employment in ships shall be such as the Authority determines after consultation with the Advisory Board. (Amended 16 of 2013 s. 2)

42. Procedures for the selection of registered persons for listing by permitted bodies
(Amended 16 of 2013 s. 28)(1) Where a vacancy for a seafaring post occurs in a permitted body and no suitable, available registered person is listed with the crew department of that body to fill that vacancy, then, subject to section 40(6), if that body intends to employ a registered person, it may make known that vacancy in such manner as it thinks fit.
(2) Where a permitted body that has, under subsection (1), made known a vacancy for a seafaring post finds a registered person suitable to be listed for employment in a ship, it shall supply the prescribed form duly completed to the person, and the person shall present the form to the Office without delay.
(3) Where a registered person presents the prescribed form to the Office in accordance with subsection (2), the Superintendent shall— (Amended 16 of 2013 s. 28)
(a) cause the person’s name to be entered in the list maintained in respect of the permitted body that completed that form;
(b) cause to be recorded in the person’s employment registration book the fact that the person is so listed; and
(c) if the person’s name is entered in the list maintained in respect of any other permitted body, delete that name from that list without delay.
(4) Where the Superintendent has recorded in accordance with subsection (3) in the employment registration book of a registered person the fact that the person is listed with the permitted body concerned, the person shall return to that body without delay, and then that body shall verify that he is so listed and enter his name in its crew department record.
(Amended 16 of 2013 s. 28)

### Merchant Shipping (Seafarers) Ordinance 《商船(海員)條例》

43. Restrictions on listing of registered persons
(Amended 16 of 2013 s. 2)(1) A person shall not be listed with a permitted body for subsequent employment in a ship unless— (Amended 16 of 2013 s. 2)
(a) he is a registered person whose registration is not for the time being suspended under this Ordinance; and
(b) where the ship concerned is a sea-going ship, his name is entered in Part I of the register. (Amended 23 of 1998 s. 2)
(2) A registered person shall not be listed in accordance with subsection (1) with more than one permitted body except with the permission of the Superintendent.
(Amended 16 of 2013 s. 2)

### Merchant Shipping (Seafarers) Ordinance 《商船(海員)條例》

44. Procedures relating to employment of registered persons supplied by permitted bodies
(Replaced 16 of 2013 s. 29)(1) Where a registered person who is listed in accordance with section 43(1) in the crew department record of a permitted body is supplied by the body for employment in a ship, the body shall cause to be completed in respect of that person an employment card in the prescribed form.
(2) Where a registered person supplied under subsection (1) for employment in a ship signs the crew agreement for employment in that ship or enters into any other agreement for employment in that ship, there shall, at the time he so signs, be produced to the Superintendent or the consular officer, as the case may be— (Amended 16 of 2013 s. 29)
(a) the employment card completed in respect of the person pursuant to subsection (1); and
(b) the person’s employment registration book.
(3) Subject to section 48, a permitted body must pay the prescribed fee in respect of every registered person who is—
(a) supplied by it for employment in a ship; and
(b) employed in the ship. (Replaced 16 of 2013 s. 29)
(4) Where all the registered persons supplied by a permitted body for employment in a ship have been employed in such ship, that body shall, not later than 7 working days after the last day of the month during which that employment took place, pay in respect of each such person the prescribed fee referred to in subsection (3).
(5) Where a registered person who is supplied under subsection (1) for employment in a ship signs the articles of agreement for employment in that ship or enters into any other agreement for employment in that ship, and the employment card completed in respect of the person pursuant to that subsection and the person’s employment registration book are not, at the time he so signs, produced to the Superintendent or the consular officer in accordance with subsection (2), the permitted body concerned commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine at level 2.
(6) Any permitted body which contravenes subsection (4) commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine at level 2.
(Amended 16 of 2013 s. 29)

### Merchant Shipping (Seafarers) Ordinance 《商船(海員)條例》

46. Registered persons may offer their services with permission of the Superintendent
(Amended 16 of 2013 s. 2)Notwithstanding any other provision of this Ordinance, the Superintendent may, as he thinks fit, permit a registered person whose registration is not for the time being suspended under this Ordinance to offer himself for selection for employment or for employment in any particular seafaring post or posts in a ship.
(Amended 16 of 2013 s. 2)