### Shipping and Port Control Ordinance 《船舶及港口管制條例》

17. Ships to anchor in ports
(1) Subject to subsection (2), no ship or junk shall, except with the permission of the Director, anchor at any place in the waters of Hong Kong other than in a port or at a specified anchorage specified in Schedule 3 to the Pilotage Ordinance (Cap. 84). (Amended 29 of 1985 s. 8; 18 of 2014 s. 162)
(2) Subsection (1) shall not apply where a ship or junk anchors at any place in the waters of Hong Kong, other than in a place in which anchoring is expressly restricted or prohibited under this Ordinance, because of stress of weather or other sufficient cause.
(3) If subsection (1) is contravened, the master commits an offence and is liable to a fine at level 3 and to imprisonment for 6 months. (Amended E.R. 3 of 2021)

18. Dead ships
(1) No dead ship shall, except with the permission of the Director, enter, or be brought into, the waters of Hong Kong.
(2) Subject to subsection (4), no dead ship shall, except with the written permission of the Director, be berthed, moored or anchored at any place in the waters of Hong Kong.
(3) Subject to subsection (4), no owner, agent or master of a ship which is within the waters of Hong Kong shall, except with the written permission of the Director, carry out, or cause to be carried out, any maintenance or repair work on the ship which will result in the ship becoming a dead ship.
(4) Subsections (2) and (3) do not apply to a dead ship which is drydocked or within the precincts of, or berthed or moored alongside, a dockyard.
(5) Without prejudice to section 64(5), a permission granted under this section may be withdrawn or cancelled by the Director at any time if the dead ship becomes, or is likely to become, a danger to life, other vessels, port facilities or other property.
(6) If without reasonable excuse subsection (1), (2) or (3) is contravened, the owner or his agent and the master commit an offence and each of them is liable to a fine at level 3 and to imprisonment for 6 months. (Amended E.R. 3 of 2021)

### Shipping and Port Control Ordinance 《船舶及港口管制條例》

19. Laid-up vessels
(1) Subject to subsection (2), no laid-up vessel shall, except with the written permission of the Director, be berthed, moored or anchored at any place in the waters of Hong Kong.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a laid-up vessel which is drydocked or within the precincts of, or berthed or moored alongside, a dockyard.
(3) If without reasonable excuse subsection (1) is contravened, the owner or his agent and the master commit an offence and each of them is liable to a fine at level 3 and to imprisonment for 6 months. (Amended E.R. 3 of 2021)

20. Beaching, etc. of vessels
(1) Where a vessel—
(a) is on fire;
(b) has suffered damage by fire, explosion or collision; or
(c) is disabled, stranded or out of control because of damage, bad weather or mechanical failure,
the Director may, if he has reasonable grounds to believe that any of the circumstances specified in subsection (2) prevail, direct the owner or master of the vessel— (Amended L.N. 386 of 1993)
(i) to beach the vessel;
(ii) to take the vessel outside the limits of a port; or
(iii) to take such other action as the Director thinks fit.
(2) The circumstances for the purposes of subsection (1) are that the vessel—
(a) is, or is likely to become, a danger to life, other vessels, aircraft or navigation;
(b) is causing, or is likely to cause, pollution of the waters of Hong Kong;
(c) is causing, or is likely to cause, damage to port facilities or other property.
(3) If without reasonable excuse any direction given under subsection (1) is not complied with, the owner or master to whom the direction is given commits an offence and is liable to a fine at level 4 and to imprisonment for 1 year. (Amended E.R. 3 of 2021)

### Shipping and Port Control Ordinance 《船舶及港口管制條例》

22. Notice of change of ownership of stranded, abandoned or sunken vessels
(1) Where the owner of a vessel which is stranded, abandoned or sunk in the waters of Hong Kong sells the vessel, or otherwise parts with the ownership of the vessel, he shall forthwith notify the Director in writing of the name and address of the new owner of the vessel.
(2) Any owner who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable to a fine at level 3. (Amended E.R. 3 of 2021)

23. Vessels not registered in Hong Kong, etc.
Where—
(a) a vessel not registered in Hong Kong is stranded, abandoned or sunk in the waters of Hong Kong; or
(b) a vessel not registered in Hong Kong which is stranded, abandoned or sunk near the coast of Hong Kong, or any part of such vessel or cargo or other thing belonging thereto, is brought into Hong Kong,
and the owner or master of the vessel, or the owner of the cargo or other thing, as the case may be, is not in Hong Kong—
(i) the consular officer of the country to which the vessel, or in the case of cargo or other thing to which its owner, may have belonged; or
(ii) the consular officer of that country authorized in that behalf by any treaty or arrangement with that country,
shall be deemed to be the agent of the owner of the vessel, cargo or other thing so far as relates to its custody and disposal.

(Amended 23 of 1998 s. 2)

36. Interpretation
In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires—
approved code (《守則》) means a code of practice issued under section 44A; (Added 70 of 1999 s. 7)
inspector (督察) means a person appointed under section 38 to be an inspector;
machinery, equipment or appliance (機械、裝備或裝置), in the case of—
(a) repairs to a vessel, means any machinery, equipment or appliance provided or used for that purpose;
(b) the breaking up of a vessel, means any machinery, equipment or appliance provided or used for that purpose; (Amended 70 of 1999 s. 7)
(c) cargo handling, means any lifting appliance or lifting gear provided or used for that purpose; and (Amended 70 of 1999 s. 7)
(d) marine construction, means any machinery, equipment or appliance provided or used for that purpose. (Added 70 of 1999 s. 7. Amended 24 of 2005 s. 41)

(Amended 24 of 2005 s. 41)

### Shipping and Port Control Ordinance 《船舶及港口管制條例》

37. Application
(1) This Part shall not apply to repairs to, or the breaking up of, a vessel which is— (Amended 70 of 1999 s. 8)
(a) (Repealed 70 of 1999 s. 8)
(b) in a dock other than a floating dock; or
(c) on a slip or mechanical lift.
(2) (Repealed 70 of 1999 s. 8)

38. Appointment of inspectors
The Director shall appoint such persons as he thinks fit to be inspectors for the purposes of this Part.