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

80A. Interpretation of Part IXA
In this Part—
Cap. 415C (《第415C章》) means the Merchant Shipping (Registration) (Tonnage) Regulations (Cap. 415 sub. leg. C);
certifying authority (核證當局)—(a) for an International Tonnage Certificate (1969)—means a Certifying Authority referred to in regulation 2A of Cap. 415C;
(b) for any other listed certificate—means the Director or the Registrar;

e-cert database (電子證書資料庫), in relation to a certifying authority, means an electronic database that is maintained or managed by or for the certifying authority in accordance with the e-cert guidelines;
e-cert guidelines (電子證書指引) means the documents listed in Part 3 of Schedule 4A, as from time to time revised or amended by revisions or amendments to those documents;
International Tonnage Certificate (1969) (1969年國際噸位證明書) means an International Tonnage Certificate (1969) referred to in regulation 9 of Cap. 415C;
listed certificate (表列證書) means—(a) a document listed in column 2 of the Table in Part 2 of Schedule 4A that is referred to in a provision listed in column 3 of that Table corresponding to the document; or
(b) a document listed in column 2 of that Table the subject matter of which is referred to in a provision listed in column 3 of that Table corresponding to the document;

Secretary (局長) means the Secretary for Transport and Logistics.

80B. Application
This Part and Schedule 4A apply to a ship registered in Hong Kong.

80C. Listed certificates may be issued or granted electronically
(1) This section applies to a listed certificate that may be issued or granted by a certifying authority under a provision of this Ordinance.
(2) A listed certificate may be issued or granted by a certifying authority in electronic form.
(3) A listed certificate is considered as issued or granted in electronic form only if it is issued or granted in accordance with the applicable requirements set out in the e-cert guidelines.
(4) A certifying authority must cause a listed certificate issued or granted by it in accordance with this section to be kept in the e-cert database.

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

80D. Listed certificates may be cancelled electronically
(1) This section applies to a listed certificate that may be cancelled by a certifying authority under a provision of this Ordinance.
(2) A listed certificate may be cancelled by a certifying authority in electronic form.
(3) A listed certificate is considered as cancelled in electronic form only if the cancellation is made in accordance with the applicable requirements set out in the e-cert guidelines.
(4) If a listed certificate is cancelled in electronic form, the requirement under any provision of this Ordinance for delivering up the certificate on its cancellation is regarded as having been met and physical delivery of the certificate is no longer required.
(5) A certifying authority must cause a cancellation made by it in accordance with this section to be entered in the e-cert database with respect to the listed certificate.

80E. Power of Secretary to amend Schedule 4A
(1) The Secretary may, by notice published in the Gazette, amend Schedule 4A.
(2) A notice published under subsection (1) may contain any incidental, supplementary, consequential, savings or transitional provisions that are necessary or expedient in consequence of the amendments made under that subsection.

81. Alterations to ships
(1) Where a registered ship is so altered as not to correspond with the particulars relating to the ship’s tonnage or description contained in the register, the owner, demise charterer or representative person shall give notice of the alteration to the Registrar in the specified form within 14 days after the completion of the alteration.
(2) The Registrar shall, upon receipt of a notice under subsection (1), at his discretion either—
(a) enter the new particulars relating to the ship in the register; or
(b) require that the ship be registered anew.
(3) Where notice under subsection (1) is not given in respect of a ship within the prescribed period, the obligation to give notice as required by that subsection continues, notwithstanding that the prescribed period has passed, until notice is so given.
(4) Where there is a failure to comply with subsection (1) in relation to a ship, the owner or demise charterer commits an offence and is liable to a fine at level 2, and to a daily penalty of $1,000.(Amended E.R. 1 of 2022)

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

82. Registration anew
(1) Where under section 81 the Registrar requires that a ship be registered anew, he shall proceed as in the case of a first registration, and upon due compliance with the requirements as to first registration, or such of those requirements as are specified in instructions or as he may otherwise reasonably require, he shall register the ship anew.
(2) Where a ship is registered anew—
(a) the ship’s former registration shall be deemed to be closed and section 67 shall apply as respects any undischarged registered mortgage of the ship; and
(b) the names of all persons appearing on the former register to be interested in the ship as owners, demise charterers or mortgagees shall be entered on the new register and the registration anew shall not in any way affect the rights of any of those persons.

83. Grant of new certificate of registry
(1) Upon registration of—
(a) a change of name of a registered ship under section 17;
(b) the transfer of a registered ship or a share in or part of a ship under section 39 or 79;
(c) the particulars in respect of a transmission of property in a registered ship or a share in or part of the ship under section 42;
(d) the change of address of an owner under section 54(3);
(e) the particulars of a change in the identity or address of the representative person under section 68(3);
(f) new particulars of a registered ship after alteration of the ship under section 81 or upon registration anew under section 82; or
(g) any other change in particulars relating to the ship, the owners, demise charterer or representative person pursuant to this Ordinance,
the Registrar shall grant a new certificate of registry of the ship, in the specified form, containing the new particulars relating to the ship, the owners, demise charterer or representative person, as the case may be.
(2) Upon the grant of a new certificate of registry of a registered ship under subsection (1) the owner, demise charterer or master shall deliver the old certificate of registry, or cause the certificate to be delivered, to the Registrar—
(a) forthwith, if the ship is in Hong Kong; or
(b) if the ship is not in Hong Kong, as soon as practicable and in any case within a period of 30 days after the date on which the new certificate is granted.
(3) An owner, demise charterer or master who, without reasonable excuse, fails to comply with subsection (2) commits an offence and is liable to a fine at level 2.(Amended E.R. 1 of 2022)
(4) This section applies in relation to a certificate of provisional registry as it applies in relation to a certificate of registry.