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[接上页] (6) The owner of every vessel fitted with a steam boiler, pressure unit, mechanical or electrical appliance, whether for propulsion, pumping, working cargo or any other purpose, on applying for a licence, shall produce to the Director a certificate from a Government surveyor certifying that the boiler, pressure unit, mechanical or electrical appliance is fit for the service intended. Cap 313F reg 11 Engines not to be fitted to vessels in certain cases PART III DUTIES OF OWNERS, MASTERS AND AGENTS, ETC. (1) Except with the approval of the Director, no owner, licensee, charterer or master of any vessel shall- (a) fit or permit to be fitted, to such vessel, any engine using petrol or paraffin or any combination of petrol and paraffin as fuel; or (b) where such vessel, in respect of which a licence or permit has been issued by the Director, then, during the currency of such licence or permit, fit or cause to be fitted to that vessel any mechanical means of propulsion, auxiliary machinery, steam boiler or pressure vessel. (L.N. 578 of 1994)(2) Any owner, licensee, charterer or master contravening and any person who uses, engages, lets out for hire or is in charge of any vessel fitted with engines in contravention of paragraph (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of $5000. (L.N. 258 of 1974) (3) No material alteration in the approved arrangements for machinery, fuel storage, equipment, or fittings, shall be made during the currency of the licence, without the permission of the Director. (3A) In the event of the contravention of paragraph (3) in respect of a vessel, the owner, licensee and master of the vessel in respect of which the contravention occurs shall each be guilty of an offence and shall each be liable on conviction to a fine of $5000. (L.N. 258 of 1974) (4) The master of every mechanically propelled vessel shall ensure that the machinery spaces of his vessel are at all times kept clean and free from unnecessary combustible materials and that waste oil is not allowed to accumulate in the bilges and in default he shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of $500. (L.N. 258 of 1974) Cap 313F reg 12 Sale to be reported (1) Where the ownership of any licensed vessel is changed the new owner shall, within 7 days- (a) report the change of ownership in the form set out in the Tenth Schedule; and (b) at the same time produce the vessel's licence; and (c) pay the prescribed fees; and (L.N. 86 of 1965) (d) produce such documentary proof of the change of ownership as the Director may require,to the Director. (2) The Director shall then endorse on the licence the particulars of the change of ownership and correspondingly alter the Register of Licences. (3) If, on the change of ownership of a licensed vessel, the new owner, without reasonable excuse, fails to comply with paragraph (1) within the period specified in that paragraph, he shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of $5000. (L.N. 258 of 1974) Cap 313F reg 13 Penalty for false statements Any person who knowingly makes any false statement for the purpose of procuring, whether for himself or any other person, the grant of a licence, permit, certificate of survey, clearance or any other document issued under these regulations, or the variation or renewal of any such documents, or for any other purpose, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of $10000 and to imprisonment for 6 months. (L.N. 258 of 1974) Cap 313F reg 14 Penalty for breach of conditions of licence Any person who, without reasonable excuse, contravenes any of the conditions of any licence or permit granted under these regulations shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of $1000. (L.N. 258 of 1974) Cap 313F reg 15 (Repealed L.N. 578 of 1994) Cap 313F reg 16 (Repealed L.N. 578 of 1994) Cap 313F reg 17 (Repealed L.N. 578 of 1994) Cap 313F reg 18 Limitation of passengers on sailing vessels plying outside certain limits (1) The master of any sailing vessel, notwithstanding that his vessel is licensed to carry a greater number of passengers, shall not, without the written permission of the Director, carry in that vessel more than 12 passengers to or from any place in Hong Kong from or to any place lying to the eastward of a line drawn from the southern boundary of the waters of Hong Kong due north to Tailong Head, thence to Tathong Point, thence to Collinson Head (on Bluff Island), thence to Bate Head, and thence to Mirs Point. (2) Any master who contravenes paragraph (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of $1000 and to an additional fine of $200 in respect of every passenger carried in excess of 12. (L.N. 258 of 1974) Cap 313F reg 19 (Repealed L.N. 578 of 1994) PART IV DISCIPLINE AND SAFETY MEASURES Cap 313F reg 20 Number of persons permitted (1) The maximum number of persons to be carried in any vessel licensed to carry passengers within the waters of Hong Kong shall be- |