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[接上页] (a) requiring the name by which it is proposed to register a ship to be approved by the Registrar before the name is marked on the ship or entered in the register; (b) empowering the Registrar to reserve a name for a ship; (c) empowering the Registrar to refuse to register any ship by the name by which it is proposed to register that ship if the name- (i) is already the name of a registered ship or is reserved, or is in the opinion of the Registrar so similar as to be likely to deceive; or (ii) is in the opinion of the Registrar undesirable for the purposes of registration in Hong Kong.(2) If, in the case of any ship which it is proposed to register- (a) the Registrar refuses to register the ship by the name by which it is proposed to register the ship; or (b) any requirements of the regulations are not complied with,the Registrar shall not register that ship under the name proposed or until the regulations are complied with, as the case may be. (3) (a) A ship shall have a name which may be either in English alphabetic characters or in Chinese characters and which may include numerals: Provided that where the name is in Chinese characters, the phonetically corresponding name in the English alphabet shall also be shown. (b) If a ship has a name in both English and Chinese characters, each shall be a separate name for the purposes of this section and section 17. (Replaced 64 of 1999 s. 3) (Enacted 1990) Cap 415 s 17 Rules as to ship names (1) A person shall not describe a registered ship by any name other than that by which the ship is for the time being registered. (2) The owner or demise charterer of a registered ship shall not change the name of the ship, or cause or permit any such change, without the previous written permission of the Registrar. (3) An application for permission of the Registrar under subsection (2) shall be in writing, and if the Registrar is of the opinion that the application is reasonable he may entertain it. (4) Upon the grant of permission to change the name- (a) the Registrar shall enter the ship's new name in the register; and (b) subject to section 18(2), the owner or demise charterer shall cause the new name to be marked on the ship's bows and stern.(5) The Registrar shall, if it is shown to his satisfaction that the name of a ship has been changed without his permission, direct that the ship's name be altered into the name which it bore before the change, and upon such direction but subject to section 18(2), the owner or demise charterer shall cause that name to be marked on its bows and stern. (6) A person who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $5000. (7) An owner or demise charterer who contravenes subsection (2), (4)(b) or (5) commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $5000. (8) The Director may, where there is a contravention of, or failure to comply with any requirement or direction under, this section in respect of a ship, detain the ship until the contravention ceases or the requirement or direction is complied with, as the case may be. (Enacted 1990) Cap 415 s 18 Marking of ship (1) Every ship shall, before it is registered, be marked permanently and conspicuously to the satisfaction of the Registrar as follows- (a) the ship's name shall be marked on each of its bows, and its name and the name of its port of registry shall be marked on its stern, on a dark ground in white or yellow letters and (if appropriate) Chinese characters, or on a light ground in black letters and (if appropriate) Chinese characters, such letters and (if appropriate) Chinese characters to be of a length not less than one decimetre, and of proportionate breadth; (Amended 64 of 1999 s. 3) (b) in the case of a ship registered before 1 January 1974 a scale of feet denoting the ship's draught of water shall be marked on each side of its stem and of its stern post in Roman capital letters or in figures, not less than 6 inches in length, the lower line of such letters or figures to coincide with the draught line denoted thereby, and the letters or figures must be marked by being cut in and painted white or yellow on a dark ground, or in such other way as the Director may approve; (c) in the case of a ship registered on or after 1 January 1974, a scale of decimetres, or of metres and decimetres, denoting a draught of water shall be marked on each side of its stem and of its stern post- (i) in figures at two-decimetre intervals, if the scale is in decimetres; and (ii) in figures at each metre interval and at intervening two-decimetre intervals, if the scale is in metres and decimetres, the capital letter "M" being placed after each metre figure; the top figure of the scale showing both the metre and (except where it marks a full metre interval) the decimetre figure; the lower line of the figures, or figures and letters (as the case may be), coinciding with the draught line denoted thereby; the figures and letters being not less than one decimetre in length and being marked by being cut in and painted white or yellow on a dark ground, or in such other way as the Director may approve;(d) in the case of a ship registered on or after 1 January 1974 but before 31 December 1974 a scale shall be marked either in accordance with paragraph (b) or (c).(2) The Registrar may exempt any class of ships from all or any of the requirements of this section. |