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

56. Discharge and storage of logs and timber
(1) Except with the written permission of the Director, no person shall—
(a) load or discharge on or from a vessel logs or other timber onto or from any waterfront or seawall within the boundaries of any port other than within the limits of a privately owned or leased waterfront or seawall;
(b) discharge logs or other timber from a vessel into the waters of Hong Kong other than in a timber storage pound;
(c) store logs or other timber in the waters of Hong Kong other than in a timber storage pound;
(d) tow logs, or permit them to lie afloat or rest on the sea bed, in the waters of Hong Kong other than in a timber storage pound; or
(e) discharge logs or other timber (other than sawn timber) from one vessel to another in the waters of Hong Kong.
(2) Any person who contravenes paragraph (1) commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $10,000 and to imprisonment for 6 months.
(3) The owner or his agent or master of a vessel from which it is intended to discharge logs or other timber (other than sawn timber) into any other vessel within the waters of Hong Kong shall give notice of such intention to the Director, in such form as the Director may specify, not less than 24 hours before the discharge commences.

57. Towing of logs
(1) The owner, or the person in charge, of logs or log rafts which are being towed in the waters of Hong Kong shall exhibit—
(a) between sunrise and sunset, red flags not less than 600 millimetres square at each end of every log or log raft at a height of not less than 2 metres above sea level, and if any log or log raft exceeds 15 metres in length a third similar flag at the middle thereof;
(b) between sunset and sunrise, all-round white lights in place of the flags required under sub-paragraph (a), and such lights shall be of sufficient intensity so as to be visible in clear atmosphere on a dark night at a distance of at least one nautical mile.
(2) Any person who contravenes paragraph (1) commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $10,000 and to imprisonment for 6 months.

58. Approval of timber storage pounds
(1) The Director may approve as a timber storage pound any area of the waters of Hong Kong in which logs and other timber may be stored, whether floating or submerged, and in granting such approval he may impose such conditions as he thinks fit.
(2) Any person who fails to comply with any condition imposed under paragraph (1) commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $10,000 and to imprisonment for 6 months.

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

59. Identification marks on logs
(1) The owner of logs stored in the waters of Hong Kong shall mark every such log for the purpose of identifying the owner and shall notify the Director in writing of the identification mark used.
(2) Any owner of logs who contravenes paragraph (1) commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $10,000 and to imprisonment for 6 months.

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

62. Use of naked lights and oil
(1) No naked light shall be used on board any vessel in the waters of Hong Kong.
(2) No oil which gives off an inflammable vapour at less than 48.9o Celsius shall be used to burn in lanterns on any vessel.
(3) Any person who contravenes this regulation commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $5,000.

63. Use of lights
(1) Subject to paragraph (2), no person shall use a light on or from a vessel in the waters of Hong Kong in a manner that is likely to interfere with the safe operation of any other vessel or any aircraft.
(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply to—
(a) a public officer in the exercise of his powers or performance of his duty; and
(b) the Chinese People’s Liberation Army. (2 of 2012 s. 3)
(3) Any person who without reasonable excuse contravenes paragraph (1) commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $5,000.

64. Transport or disposal of things unlawfully obtained, etc.
(1) Any person who for the purpose of preventing seizure or discovery of any cargo or other thing unlawfully obtained from or carried on a vessel wilfully lets fall or throws such cargo or other thing into the waters of Hong Kong commits an offence.
(2) Any person who—
(a) conveys in any vessel; or
(b) in any manner conveys away from a vessel, pier, seawall or waterfront,
any cargo or other thing unlawfully obtained from a vessel in the waters of Hong Kong commits an offence.
(3) Any person who commits an offence under this regulation is liable to a fine of $5,000 and to imprisonment for 6 months.
(4) A police officer may take into custody any person who is contravening, or who he has reasonable grounds for believing has contravened, paragraph (1) or (2) and may seize and detain any vessel—
(a) out of which the cargo or other thing is let fall or thrown;
(b) in which the cargo or other thing is conveyed; or
(c) in which such person is found.

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

65. Minor prohibitions
(1) No person—
(a) shall dredge for any purpose in any cable reserve;
(b) shall without the permission of the Director sound a whistle, siren, bell, gong or foghorn on board any vessel in a port except as provided in the collision regulations or these regulations; (57 of 1990 s. 7)
(c) not being a public officer or a member of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army acting under Article 14 of the Law of the People’s Republic of China on the Garrisoning of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in Schedule 2 to the Promulgation of National Laws (No. 2) 1997 (L.N. 386 of 1997), shall make fast to or cause to be made fast to a ship underway within the waters of Hong Kong any vessel except with the permission of the master of the ship. (2 of 2012 s. 3)
(2) Any person who contravenes this regulation commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $5,000.

66. Control over races, etc., in the waters of Hong Kong
(1) Except with the permission of the Director, no person shall hold or organize in or upon any part of the waters of Hong Kong any—
(a) race, regatta or similar event in which vessels of any type take part; or
(b) swimming race or similar event,
which interferes with, or is likely to interfere with, the navigation of vessels or the safety of any person in or upon such waters.
(2) On the occasion of any race, regatta or similar event referred to in paragraph (1) in or upon any part of the waters of Hong Kong, the Director may prohibit or regulate all traffic upon or in the vicinity of such waters and may give to an organizer of, and persons taking part in, the race, regatta or similar event such directions as he thinks fit for the avoidance of accidents and the safety of persons.
(3) Any person who contravenes paragraph (1) or fails to comply with any prohibition or regulation of traffic, or direction given, under paragraph (2) commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $2,000.