Telecommunications Ordinance Part 3 3-42 Section 10 Cap. 106 (a) gives or causes to be given any information, which he knows or has reason to believe to be false, in a transhipment notification; or (b) gives incomplete notification. information in a transhipment (Added 33 of 2003 s. 3) 10. Control of use of radiocommunications apparatus on vessel in Hong Kong waters (1) Save as otherwise provided in this section, no radiocommunications apparatus on board a vessel (other than a ship of war) shall be used while the vessel is in the waters of Hong Kong notwithstanding that a licence, whether granted under this Ordinance or under the law of any other territory, is in force in respect of such apparatus. (2) When a vessel is under way in the waters of Hong Kong, radiocommunications apparatus on board the vessel may be used to communicate on minimum power with the nearest coast station, or, if communication with the nearest coast station is impracticable and the safe navigation of the vessel so requires, with a more distant coast station or another vessel. (Amended 69 of 1983 s. 3) (3) Radiocommunications apparatus on board a vessel that is in the waters of Hong Kong may be used, for the purpose of summoning assistance on an occasion of danger to the life of any person or to the vessel, to communicate with the nearest coast station or, if communication with the nearest coast station is impracticable, with a more distant coast station or another vessel. (Amended 36 of 2000 s. 7) (4) Where a person has been granted a licence for the purposes of section 8(1) to possess or use any apparatus for radiocommunications upon any vessel he may, subject to Last updated date 20.10.2016

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