### Merchant Shipping (Limitation of Shipowners Liability) Ordinance 《商船(限制船東責任)條例》

25. Units of Account
(1) For the purposes of Articles 7 and 8 of the Athens Convention relating to the Carriage of Passengers and their Luggage by Sea, 1974 and of Articles 6 and 7 of the Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims, 1976, the Monetary Authority may certify the respective amounts in Hong Kong dollars which are to be taken as equivalent for a particular day to the sums expressed in special drawing rights in those Articles. (Amended 1 of 2005 s. 17)
(2) A certificate given by or on behalf of the Monetary Authority in pursuance of subsection (1) shall be conclusive evidence of the matters referred to in that subsection for the purposes of those Articles; and a document purporting to be such a certificate shall, in any proceedings, be received in evidence and, unless the contrary is proved, be deemed to be such a certificate.
(3) The Monetary Authority may charge a fee for any certificate given by him or on his behalf under this section.

26. Crown
This Ordinance binds the Crown.

27. Application of Interpretation and General Clauses Ordinance
Sections 23 to 26 of the Interpretation and General Clauses Ordinance (Cap. 1) apply in relation to the repeal of a provision of a United Kingdom enactment effected by this Ordinance as they apply in relation to the repeal of a provision of an Ordinance.

28. Amendment of Schedules 1 and 2
The Chief Executive in Council may by order published in the Gazette amend Schedules 1 and 2 in accordance with any revision to the Athens Convention relating to the Carriage of Passengers and their Luggage by Sea, 1974 or to the Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims, 1976, or to any protocol to those conventions, which may apply to Hong Kong from time to time.
(Amended 1 of 2005 s. 18)

29. Repeal and savings
(1) The Merchant Shipping Act 1979 (Hong Kong) Order 1980 (App. III, p. AN 1) is repealed.
(2) Notwithstanding the repeal effected by subsection (1)—
(a) the Merchant Shipping (Liability of Shipowners and Others) (Calculation of Tonnage) (Hong Kong) Order (App. I, p. BJ 1) shall continue in force and is deemed for all purposes to have been made by the Chief Executive under section 17(2). (Amended 1 of 2005 s. 19)
(b)-(c) (Repealed 1 of 2005 s. 19)

### Merchant Shipping (Limitation of Shipowners Liability) Ordinance 《商船(限制船東責任)條例》

30. (Omitted as spent—E.R. 1 of 2022)

### Merchant Shipping (Liability of Shipowners and Others) (Calculation of Tonnage) (Hong Kong) Order 《商船(船東及其他人士責任)(噸位計算)(香港)令》

1. Citation
This Order may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Liability of Shipowners and Others) (Calculation of Tonnage) (Hong Kong) Order.
(E.R. 2 of 2020)

2. Calculation of gross tonnage
For the purposes of article 6 of the Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims 1976 (set out in Part I of Schedule 4 to the Merchant Shipping Act 1979 (1979 c. 39 U.K.))‡ and of paragraph 5 of Part II of Schedule 4 to that Act, the gross tonnage of a ship shall be calculated in accordance with regulations 4 to 6 of the Merchant Shipping (Tonnage) Regulations (Cap. 415 sub. leg.).

Editorial Note:

‡ Please also see following—   (a) in relation to the Merchant Shipping Act 1894, Part 3 of Schedule 5 to Cap. 415 and s. 1 of Schedule 2 to Cap. 508;   (b) in relation to the Merchant Shipping Acts 1894 to 1979, s. 117 of Cap. 281, s. 103 of Cap. 415 and s. 142 of Cap. 478. 

3. Use of best evidence available of ship’s measurements
In the case of a ship of which, at the time when the limitation is claimed, the tonnage has not been and cannot be ascertained in accordance with paragraph 2, the best evidence available of the measurements of the ship shall be used in calculating the tonnage of the ship according to the regulations referred to in that paragraph.

### Judicial Officers (Tenure of Office) Ordinance 《司法人員(職位任期)條例》

1. Short title
(Amended E.R. 2 of 2020)(1) This Ordinance may be cited as the Judicial Officers (Tenure of Office) Ordinance.
(2) (Omitted as spent—E.R. 2 of 2020)

2. Interpretation
In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires—
officer (司法人員) means a judicial officer as defined in section 2 of the Judicial Officers Recommendation Commission Ordinance (Cap. 92) but does not include a judge of the Court of Final Appeal, Justice of Appeal, a Judge of the Court of First Instance or a District Judge.
(Amended 79 of 1995 s. 50; 25 of 1998 s. 2)

3. Allegation of officer’s inability or misbehaviour
(1) If it is represented to the Chief Justice that an officer is unable to discharge his duties or has misbehaved, the Chief Justice may notify the officer of the particulars of the representations received and where he does so he shall call on the officer to state in writing, within a reasonable period specified by the Chief Justice, any grounds on which he relies to justify himself.
(2) If the officer—
(a) does not furnish a statement to the Chief Justice within the time specified or within a further time that the Chief Justice may allow; or
(b) fails to justify himself to the satisfaction of the Chief Justice,
the Chief Justice shall appoint a tribunal to investigate the matter.