To regulate the employment of young persons and children at
sea.
[1 January 1933]
(Format changes—E.R. 4 of 2019)
1.
Short title
This Ordinance may be cited as the
Employment of Young Persons and Children at Sea Ordinance
.2.
Restriction on employment on vessels of children under 15
No child under 15 years of age shall be employed or be caused or permitted to work
as a member of the crew of any vessel, other than a vessel upon which only members of
the same family are so employed:
(Amended 55 of 1979 s. 2)
Provided that nothing in this section shall
be construed to affect the employment or work of any such child who is a pupil on any
school ship or training ship if such employment or work is approved and, so far as may
be, supervised by the Permanent Secretary for
Education.
3.
Registers of members or crews who are under 16
The master of every vessel registered or licensed in Hong Kong shall keep a register,
in a form supplied or approved by the Director of Marine, of all persons under the age
of 16 years employed by him on board his vessel, or a list of them in the articles of
agreement, and the dates of their births.
(Amended 54 of 2000 s. 3)
4.
Application
For the purposes of this
Ordinance,
the term
vessel
(船隻
) includes all
ships and boats of any nature whatsoever, engaged in maritime
navigation whether publicly or privately owned, except ships of
war.(Amended E.R. 4 of 2019)
5.
Offences and penalties
(1)
Any person who contravenes any of the provisions of section 2
commits an offence and is liable to a fine
at
level 3.
(2)
Any person who contravenes any of the provisions of section 3
commits an offence and is liable to a fine
at
level 1.
(Replaced 55 of 1979 s. 2. Amended E.R. 4 of 2019)