### Merchant Shipping (Registration) Ordinance 《商船(註冊)條例》

54. Notice of change of address, etc. of owner
(1) An owner of a registered ship who has made a declaration under section 20, 27, 40 or 42 that he is ordinarily resident in Hong Kong shall in the event of—
(a) any change in his address; or
(b) any change in his residential status by reason of which he is no longer ordinarily resident in Hong Kong,
notify the Registrar, in writing, of that event within 30 days after the occurrence thereof.
(2) An owner who, without reasonable excuse, fails to comply with subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable to a fine at level 2.(Amended E.R. 2 of 2014)
(3) The Registrar shall enter in the register any change of address of an owner pursuant to a notice given under subsection (1)(a).

55. Notice of dissolution, etc. of body corporate owner or charterer
(1) Where—
(a) a body corporate is the owner or demise charterer of a registered ship; and
(b) a declaration was made under section 20, 27, 40 or 42 in respect of the body corporate that it—
(i) is incorporated in Hong Kong; or
(ii) is a registered non-Hong Kong company as defined by section 2(1) of the Companies Ordinance (Cap. 622), (Amended 30 of 2004 s. 3; 28 of 2012 ss. 912 & 920)
the representative person appointed in relation to the ship shall, in the event of the body corporate ceasing to be incorporated in Hong Kong or to be a registered non-Hong Kong company as defined by section 2(1) of the Companies Ordinance (Cap. 622), as the case may be, notify the Registrar, in writing, of that event within 30 days after the occurrence thereof. (Amended 28 of 2012 ss. 912 & 920)
(2) A representative person who, without reasonable excuse, fails to comply with subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable to a fine at level 2.(Amended E.R. 2 of 2014)

### Merchant Shipping (Registration) Ordinance 《商船(註冊)條例》

56. Notice of termination of demise charter
(1) The demise charterer of a ship registered by virtue of section 11(1)(b) shall notify the Registrar, in writing, of the actual date of termination of the demise charter as soon as practicable and in any case within 7 days after that date.
(2) In subsection (1) the actual date of termination of the demise charter (該轉管租約終止的確實日期) means the date on which the ship is redelivered by the demise charterer to the owner under the demise charter, or such other date as may be agreed by the demise charterer and owner, or as may be determined in legal proceedings, to be the actual date of termination of the demise charter.
(3) A demise charterer who, without reasonable excuse, fails to comply with subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable to a fine at level 2.(Amended E.R. 2 of 2014)

57. Notice of loss, transfer, etc. of ship
(1) In the event that a registered ship—
(a) is taken in war or hostilities, as a result of which the owner or demise charterer has lost control over the operation of the ship;
(b) is broken up, or is an actual or constructive total loss such that it is no longer capable of being used in navigation; or
(c) ceases to be registrable, whether by reason of a transfer of the ship or of a share in or part of the ship to a person other than a qualified person, or otherwise,
the owner or demise charterer of the ship shall forthwith upon obtaining knowledge of the event, if no notice has already been given to the Registrar, give notice of the event to the Registrar.
(2) An owner or demise charterer who, without reasonable excuse, fails to comply with subsection (1), commits an offence and is liable to a fine at level 2.(Amended E.R. 2 of 2014)

58. Delivery of foreign certificate of deletion
(1) Subject to subsection (2), the owner or demise charterer of a ship that becomes registered in Hong Kong shall, within 30 days after the date of the ship’s registration, deliver to the Registrar a foreign certificate of deletion in respect of the place outside Hong Kong where the ship was last registered (if any) or, if the ship was last registered concurrently in more than one such place, in respect of each such place.
(2) Subsection (1) shall not apply where the certificate or certificates referred to in that subsection are delivered to the Registrar prior to the time of registration of the ship.

### Merchant Shipping (Registration) Ordinance 《商船(註冊)條例》

59. Owner seeking closure of registration
(1) Where the owner of a registered ship wishes the ship’s registration to be closed he shall—
(a) obtain the consent of each registered mortgagee (if any) to the closure of the ship’s registration—
(i) in writing and in the specified form; and
(ii) duly verified in the specified manner; and
(b) give notice in writing to the Registrar and to the demise charterer (if any) that he wishes the ship’s registration to be closed.
(2) A notice to the Registrar under subsection (1)(b) shall be accompanied by the consent (if any) referred to in subsection (1)(a).
(3) Where the owner complies with subsections (1) and (2) in relation to a ship, the Registrar shall record the giving of notice and obtaining of consent (if any) in the register and the ship’s registration shall thereupon be closed.

60. Closure on receipt of notice concerning registrability
(1) Subject to subsection (2), where—
(a) the Registrar receives, in relation to a registered ship, a notice under section 54(1)(b), 55(1), 56(1) or 57(1); and
(b) in his opinion, the ship has ceased to be registrable,
he shall record the receipt by him of that notice in the register and the ship’s registration shall thereupon be closed.
(2) The Registrar shall not record in the register the receipt of a notice referred to in subsection (1) unless—
(a) in the case where the notice is received from a person other than the owner of the ship—
(i) the Registrar has notified the owner of the ship concerned of the particulars in that notice; and
(ii) 30 days from the date of the notification under subparagraph (i) have elapsed; or
(b) in the case where a mortgage of the ship is for the time being registered in Part VI, whether the notice is received from the owner of the ship or from a person other than the owner of the ship—
(i) the Registrar has notified each mortgagee of the ship of the particulars in that notice; and
(ii) 30 days from the date of the notification under subparagraph (i) have elapsed.
(Replaced 101 of 1995 s. 2)