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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