MERCHANT SHIPPING (LIABILITY AND COMPENSATION FOR OIL POLLUTION) ORDINANCE ——附加英文版
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MERCHANT SHIPPING (LIABILITY AND COMPENSATION FOR OIL POLLUTION) ORDINANCE
(CHAPTER 414)
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
ion
I PRELIMINARY
hort title
nterpretation
ertificate as to parties to Conventions
alculation of tonnage
II LIABILITY FOR OIL POLLUTION AND COMPULSORY INSURANCE
nterpretation of Part II
iability for oil pollution
xceptions from liability under section 6
estriction of liability for oil pollution
imitation of liability under section 6
Limitation actions
Restriction on enforcement of claims after establishment of
limitation
fund
Concurrent liabilities of owners and others
Establishment of limitation fund outside Hong Kong
Extinguishment of claims under Part II
Compulsory insurance against liability for oil pollution
Issue of certificate by Director
Rights of third parties against insurers
Jurisdiction of Hong Kong courts and registration of foreign
judgments
Warships, etc.
Liability for cost of preventive measures where section 6 does
not
apply
Saving for recourse actions
III THE INTERNATIONAL OIL POLLUTION COMPENSATION FUND
Interpretation of Part III
Contributions to the Fund
Power to obtain information
Liability of the Fund for pollution damage
Indemnification of ship owner where ship registered in Fund
Convention
country
Effect of judgments
Extinguishment of claims under Part III
Subrogation and rights of recourse
IV MISCELLANEOUS
Offences by bodies corporate
Fees
Amendments, Savings and Repeals
dule 1. Overall limit on liability of Fund
dule 2. (Omitted)
rdinance to provide for compensation for pollution caused
by the
harge or escape of oil from oil-carrying ships and for the
liability
hipowners; for compulsory insurance in respect of such liability;
for
ributions by oil importers and others to the International
Fund for
ensation for Oil Pollution Damage; for the liability of the
Fund in
ain circumstances for such pollution; for the
indemnification of
owners by the Fund; and for incidental or related matters.
January 1991] L. N. 13 of 1991
PART I Preliminary
hort title
Ordinance may be cited as the Merchant Shipping
(Liability and
ensation for Oil Pollution) Ordinance.
nterpretation
In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires--
t" includes expenses;
ntry" includes any territory;
rt" means the High Court or a judge thereof;
age" includes loss;
ector" means the Director of Marine;
d Convention" means the International Convention on the
establishment
n International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage
opened
signature in Brussels on 18 December 1971;
g Kong ship" means a ship registered in Hong Kong;
bility Convention" means the International Convention
on Civil
ility for Oil Pollution Damage opened for signature in Brussels
on 29
mber 1969;
er", in relation to a ship, means the person or persons registered
as
owner of the ship or, in the absence of registration, the
person or
ons owning the ship, except that in relation to a ship owned
by a
e which is operated by a person registered as the ship's operator,
it
s the person registered as its operator; (Amended 74 of 1990 s.
104
lution damage" means damage caused outside a ship carrying
oil by
amination resulting from the discharge or escape of oil from the
ship,
ever the discharge or escape may occur, and includes the
cost of
entive measures and damage caused by preventive measures;
ventive measures" means any reasonable measures taken by any
person
r a discharge or escape of oil from a ship to prevent or
reduce
ution damage;
p" means any sea-going vessel or seaborne craft of
any type
soever, carrying oil in bulk as cargo;
cial drawing rights" means units of account used by the
International
tary Fund and known as special drawing rights;
minal installation" means any site for the storage of oil in
bulk
h is capable of receiving oil from waterborne
transportation,
uding any facility situated offshore and linked to any such site.
For the purposes of this Ordinance, where more than one
discharge or
pe results from the same occurrence or from a series of
occurrences
ng the same origin, they shall be treated as one; but any
measures
n after the first of them shall be deemed to have been taken after
the
harge or escape.
References in this Ordinance to the area of any country include
the
itorial sea of that country.
ertificate as to parties to Conventions
rtificate signed by the Governor and certifying that a State
specified
he certificate--
is a party to the Liability Convention in respect of a
country
ified in the certificate; or
is a party to the Fund Convention in respect of a country specified
in
certificate,
l be conclusive evidence of the matters contained therein and
shall in
legal proceedings under this Ordinance to which it
relates be
ssible on its production and without further proof.
alculation of tonnage
the purposes of this Ordinance, the tonnage of a ship
shall be
rtained as follows--
where the register tonnage of the ship has been or can be
ascertained
ccordance with the Merchant Shipping (Tonnage) Regulations
(App. I,
, the ship's tonnage shall be the register tonnage of the ship
as so
rtained but without making any deduction required by those
regulations
ny tonnage allowance for propelling machinery space;
where the ship is of a class or description with respect to which
no
ision is for the time being made by the Merchant Shipping
(Tonnage)
lations, the tonnage of the ship shall be taken to be 40%
of the
ht (expressed in tons of 2 240 lbs) of oil which the ship is
capable
arrying;
where the tonnage of the ship can not be ascertained in
accordance
either paragraph (a) or (b), the Director shall, if so directed
by
court in any proceedings, certify what, on the evidence
specified in
direction, would in his opinion be the tonnage of the
ship as
rtained in accordance with paragraph (a) or (b), as the case may
be,
he ship could be duly measured for the purpose; and the tonnage
stated
is certificate shall be taken to be the tonnage of the ship.
PART II LIABILITY FOR OIL POLLUTION AND COMPULSORY INSURANCE
nterpretation of Part II
In this Part--
bility Convention country" means a country in respect of
which the
ility Convention is in force; and
bility Convention State" means a State which is a party
to the
ility Convention.
In relation to any pollution damage resulting from the
discharge or
pe of any oil carried in a ship references in this Part to the
owner
he ship are references to the owner at the time of the
occurrence
lting in the discharge or escape or, if there is more than one
such
rrence, at the time of the first of such occurrences.
References in this Part to the Merchant Shipping Act 1979 (1979
c. 39
.) are references to that Act as it applies in Hong Kong.
iability for oil pollution
Where, as a result of any occurrence taking place while a
ship is
ying a cargo of persistent oil in bulk, any persistent oil carried
by
ship (whether as part of the cargo or otherwise) is
discharged or
pes from the ship, the owner of the ship shall be liable, except
as
rwise provided by this Ordinance, for any pollution damage
caused in
Kong.
Where--
a liability arises under subsection (1); and
the discharge or escape by reason of which the liability arose
also
lts in pollution damage in the area of a Liability Convention
country
r than Hong Kong, the owner of the ship concerned shall also be
liable
r subsection (1) for that damage as if the damage had occurred
in Hong
.
Where persistent oil is discharged or escapes from 2 or more
ships
-
a liability is incurred under this section by the owner of
each of
; but
the pollution damage for which each of the owners would, apart
from
subsection, be liable cannot reasonably be separated from that
for
h the other or others would be liable,
of the owners shall be liable, jointly with the other or others,
for
whole of that damage for which the owners together would be
liable
r this section.
Section 21 of the Law Amendment and Reform (Consolidation)
Ordinance
. 23) shall apply in relation to any pollution damage for
which a
on is liable under this section, but which is not due to his fault,
as
t were due to his fault.
xceptions from liability under section 6
owner of a ship from which persistent oil has been discharged or
has
ped shall not incur any liability under section 6 if he proves
that
discharge or escape--
resulted from an act of war, hostilities, civil war,
insurrection or
xceptional, inevitable and irresistible natural phenomenon; or
was due wholly to anything done or left undone by another person,
not
g a servant or agent of the owner, with intent to do damage; or
was due wholly to the negligence or wrongful act of a
government or
r authority in exercising its function of maintaining lights or
other
gational aids for the maintenance of which it was responsible.
estriction of liability for oil pollution
e, as a result of any occurrence taking place while a ship is
carrying
rgo of persistent oil in bulk, any persistent oil carried by the
ship
ther as part of the cargo or otherwise) is discharged or escapes
then,
her or not the owner incurs a liability under section 6,--
he shall not be liable otherwise than under that section for any
such
ution damage as is mentioned therein; and
no servant or agent of the owner and no person performing
salvage
ations with the agreement of the owner shall be liable for any
such
ge.
imitation of liability under section 6
e the owner of a ship incurs a liability under section 6 by reason
of
scharge or escape which occurred without his actual fault or
privity,
ay limit that liability in accordance with this Ordinance, and
if he
so his liability (that is to say, the aggregate of his
liabilities
r section 6 resulting from the discharge or escape) shall not
exceed--
133 special drawing rights for each ton of the ship's tonnage;
or
14,000,000 special drawing rights, whichever amount is the less.
Limitation actions
Where the owner of a ship has or is alleged to have
incurred a
ility under section 6 he may apply to the court in accordance
with
s of court for the limitation of that liability to
an amount
rmined in accordance with section 9.
If on such an application the court finds that the
applicant has
rred such a liability and is entitled to limit it, the court
shall
rmine the limit of the liability and direct payment into court
of the
nt of that limit, and shall then
determine the amounts that would, apart from the limit, be
due in
ect of the liability to the several persons making claims
in the
eedings under this section; and
direct the distribution of the amount paid into court (or, as the
case
be, so much of it as does not exceed the liability) among
those
ons in proportion to their claims subject to the following
provisions
his section.
A payment into court of the amount of a limit determined under
this
ion shall be made in Hong Kong dollars and--
for the purposes of converting such an amount from special
drawing
ts into Hong Kong dollars the Monetary Authority may certify, in
Hong
dollars, the respective amounts which are to be taken as
equivalent
a particular day to the sums expressed in special drawing
rights in
ion 9;
a certificate signed by or on behalf of the Monetary Authority
under
graph (a) shall be conclusive evidence of the matters
contained
ein and shall in legal proceedings under this Ordinance to
which it
tes be admissible on its production and without further proof.
nded 82 of 1992 s. 44)
No claim shall be made in proceedings under this section except
within
time as the court may direct or such further time as the court
may
w.
Where any sum has been paid in or towards satisfaction of any claim
in
ect of the pollution damage to which the liability referred
to in
ection (1) extends--
by the owner or the person referred to in section 17 as "the
insurer";
by a person who has or is alleged to have incurred a
liability,
rwise than under section 6, for that damage and who is
entitled to
t his liability in connection with the ship by virtue of the
Merchant
ping Act 1979 (1979 c. 39 U. K.), the person who paid the sum
shall,
he extent of that sum, be in the same position with respect to
any
ribution made in proceedings under this section as the person to
whom
as paid would, apart from this subsection, have been,
and the
ribution shall be made accordingly.
Where the owner who incurred the liability referred to in
subsection
has voluntarily made any reasonable sacrifice or taken
any other
onable measures to prevent or reduce pollution damage to
which the
ility extends or might have extended he shall be in the same
position
respect to any distribution made in proceedings under this
section as
e had established a claim in respect of the liability for an
amount
l to the cost of the sacrifice or other measures, and the
distribution
l be made accordingly.
The court may, if it thinks fit, postpone the distribution of
such
of the amount to be distributed as it deems appropriate having
regard
ny claims that may later be established before a court outside
Hong
.
Restriction on enforcement of claims after establishment of
limitation
e the court has found that a person who has incurred a liability
under
ion 6 is entitled to limit that liability to any amount and
he has
into court a sum not less than that amount--
the court shall order the release of any ship or other
property
sted in connection with a claim in respect of that liability or
any
rity given to prevent or obtain release from such an arrest; and
no judgment or decree for any such claim shall be enforced, except
so
as it is for costs,
sum paid into court, or such part thereof as corresponds to the
claim,
be actually available to the claimant or would have been available
to
if the proper steps in the proceedings under section 10
had been
n.
Concurrent liabilities of owners and others
e, as a result of any discharge or escape of persistent oil
from a
, he owner of the ship incurs a liability under section 6 and
any
r person incurs a liability, otherwise than under that section,
for
such pollution damage as is mentioned in subsection (1)
of that
ion, then, if--
the owner has been found, in proceedings under section 10,
to be
tled to limit his liability to any amount and has paid into
court a
not less than that amount; and
the other person is entitled to limit his liability in connection
with
ship by virtue of the Merchant Shipping Act 1979 (1979 c. 39 U.
K.),
roceedings shall be taken against the other person in respect of
his
ility, and if any such proceedings were commenced before the
owner
the sum into court, no further steps shall be taken
in the
eedings except in relation to costs.
Establishment of limitation fund outside Hong Kong
e the events resulting in the liability of any person under
section 6
result in a corresponding liability under the law of a
Liability
ention country other than Hong Kong, sections 11 and 12 shall
apply as
he references to sections 6 and 10 included references
to the
esponding provisions of that law and the references to sums paid
into
t included references to any sums secured under those
provisions in
ect of the liability.
Extinguishment of claims under Part II
ction to enforce a claim in respect of a liability incurred
under
ion 6 shall be brought in any court in Hong Kong unless the action
is
enced not later than 3 years after the claim arose and not later
than
ars after the occurrence or, if there is more than
one such
rrence, the first of such occurrences resulting in the
discharge or
pe by reason of which the liability was incurred.
Compulsory insurance against liability for oil pollution
Subject to section 19, subsection (2) applies to any ship carrying
in
a cargo of more than 2,000 tons of persistent oil as
defined in
lations made under this section.
A ship to which this subsection applies shall not enter or leave--
the waters of Hong Kong; or
if the ship is a Hong Kong ship, a port in any other country
or a
inal installation in the territorial sea of any other country,
unless
e is in force a certificate complying with subsection
(4) and
ifying that there is in force in respect of the ship a
contract of
rance or other security satisfying the requirements of Article
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市知识产权局 市会展办 市工商局
（二Ｏ一Ｏ年八月十二日）
第一条 为加强展会知识产权保护，促进会展业有序健康发展，推动长沙国际文化名城建设，根据有关法律、法规和规章，结合本市实际情况，制定本办法。
第二条 本办法适用于本市行政区域内由本市展会登记核准部门登记核准的各类展览会、展销会、博览会、交易会、展示会等活动中有关专利权、商标权、版权等知识产权的保护。
第三条 展会知识产权保护坚持政府监管、展会主办方负责、参展方自律、社会公众监督的原则。
第四条 长沙市知识产权局和长沙市会展工作管理办公室负责对本市展会知识产权保护工作的统筹协调。市政府管理专利、商标、版权等知识产权工作的部门（以下统称管理知识产权工作的部门）应当加强对展会知识产权的保护，履行下列职责：
（一）组织开展知识产权保护宣传工作，组织展会主办方和参展方开展各种知识产权培训，并为其提供指导和咨询服务；
（二）以巡视、督导等方式监督展会主办方和参展方履行知识产权保护义务；
（三）对展会期间请求处理的知识产权侵权纠纷案件依法及时处理；
（四）依法查处展会期间的知识产权违法行为；
（五）建立展会知识产权保护信息统计制度；
（六）将主办方履行知识产权保护义务的有关情况及时通报市会展管理部门。
第五条 展会时间在3日以上（含3日），且具有下列情形之一的，管理知识产权工作的部门应当派员进驻现场办公：
（一）政府以及政府部门主办的重要展会；
（二）在国际或者国内具有重大影响的展会；
（三）可能发生知识产权侵权纠纷较多的展会。
展会主办方应当为管理知识产权工作的部门进驻展会开展工作提供必要的便利条件。
第六条 举办第五条规定的展会，市会展管理部门应当根据主办方提交的备案材料在开展30日前将展会的名称、时间、地点、展出面积、主办方的基本情况告知市知识产权局。
第七条 展会主办方应当建立知识产权备案和公示制度，将本届展会参展方备案的知识产权及有关展会中知识产权案件的查处情况按类别编印成册，在招展时予以公示。
第八条 展会主办方应当履行下列义务：
（一）在展会场馆的显著位置或者参展方手册上，公示管理知识产权工作的部门受案的范围和联系方式，并公布主办方或者知识产权投诉机构的服务事项、投诉受理地点和联系方式；
（二）督促参展方对可能引发知识产权纠纷的参展项目进行知识产权信息检索；
（三）接受知识产权权利人或者利害关系人的投诉；
（四）应知识产权权利人或者利害关系人的合理要求，出具相关事实证明；
（五）在展会结束后将展会的知识产权信息与资料及时报送市知识产权局；
（六）配合管理知识产权工作的部门和市会展办开展工作。
第九条 展会时间在3日以上（含3日）的，主办方应在展会期间设立知识产权投诉机构。投诉机构由主办方指派专人负责，并可以聘请相关领域的专业技术人员和法律专业人员参加。
未要求设立投诉机构的，管理知识产权工作的部门应当加强对展会知识产权保护的指导、监督和有关案件的处理。
第十条 参展方应当履行下列义务：
（一）参展项目涉及知识产权的，应当携带相关权利证明材料参展；
（二）按照国家的有关规定，在参展项目上规范标注知识产权标记、标识；
（三）配合管理知识产权工作的部门和展会主办方开展知识产权保护工作。
第十一条 展会主办方与参展方应当在参展合同中约定知识产权保护内容。市知识产权局应当会同管理商标、版权等知识产权工作的部门制定展会知识产权保护的合同示范文本，并向社会公布。
第十二条 知识产权权利人或者利害关系人可以就展会中的涉嫌侵权行为按照合同的约定向展会主办方投诉，也可以就展会中的涉嫌侵权行为直接向管理知识产权工作的部门提出处理请求或者向人民法院起诉。
第十三条 知识产权权利人或者利害关系人向展会主办方提出投诉时，应当填写《投诉请求书》并提交证明材料。展会主办方受理投诉后，应当在合同约定的时间内及时将投诉材料副本或复印件送达被投诉人。
第十四条 被投诉人在被告知其参展项目涉嫌侵权后，应当在合同约定的时间内出示权利证书或者其他证据，并配合展会主办方对涉嫌侵权物品进行查验。
第十五条 被投诉人不能作出有效举证的，展会主办方应当要求被投诉人按照合同约定立即采取遮盖、撤展等处理措施。被投诉人拒不采取措施或者有其它情节严重的行为，展会主办方可以按照合同的约定，收回参展方的参展证件或者取消参展方当届乃至下届的参展资格。
第十六条 知识产权权利人或者利害关系人向管理知识产权工作的部门提出侵权处理请求时，应当提交以下材料：
（一）由知识产权权利人或者利害关系人签署或者盖章的请求书，委托代理人处理的，应当提交授权委托书，并注明授权权限；
（二）涉及专利权的，应当提交专利证书、专利公告文本、专利权人的身份证明、专利法律状态证明；涉及商标权的，应当提交商标注册证明文件、商标权利人身份证明；涉及版权的，应当提交版权权利证明、版权人身份证明；是利害关系人的，还应当提交独占实施许可合同或者排他实施许可合同等证明材料；
（三）被投诉人的基本信息，包括被投诉人的名称、所在展位等；
（四）被投诉人涉嫌侵权的参展项目名称、涉嫌侵权的理由及证据。
第十七条 具有下列情形之一的展会知识产权侵权纠纷，管理知识产权工作的部门不予受理：
（一）知识产权权利人或者利害关系人已经向人民法院提起知识产权侵权诉讼的；
（二）专利权正处于无效宣告请求程序之中的；
（三）专利权存在权属纠纷，正处于人民法院的审理程序或者管理专利工作的部门的调解程序之中的；
（四）注册商标被撤销或者确认无效后处于复审或者人民法院审理程序之中的。
第十八条 管理知识产权工作的部门在调查处理展会中发生的知识产权案件时，可以到涉嫌侵权的展位进行现场检查，查阅、复制与案件有关的文件，询问当事人，采取拍照、摄像、抽样等方式调查取证。
第十九条 对请求处理的知识产权侵权纠纷，管理知识产权工作的部门认定侵权行为成立的，应责令被请求人立即停止侵权行为，从展会上撤出侵权展品，销毁介绍侵权展品的宣传材料，更换介绍侵权项目的展板以及其涉及侵权内容的资料。
第二十条 对展会期间的假冒专利等知识产权违法行为，管理知识产权工作的部门应依法主动查处，并依据《专利法》、《商标法》和《著作权法》等有关法律、法规的规定采取相应的行政处罚和行政强制措施。
第二十一条 展会结束时案件尚未处理完毕的，案件的有关事实和证据可经展会主办方确认，由展会举办地管理知识产权工作的部门在15个工作日内移交有管辖权的管理知识产权工作的部门依法处理。
第二十二条 主办方和参展方不履行展会知识产权保护义务，相关法律、法规已规定法律责任的，依照其规定执行。
第二十三条 管理知识产权工作的部门及其工作人员玩忽职守、滥用职权、徇私舞弊的，由有关部门依法给予行政处分；构成犯罪的，依法追究刑事责任。
第二十四条 本办法所称参展项目，包括展品、展位设计、展具设计、产品及照片、目录册、视听资料以及其他相关宣传资料。
第二十五条 本办法自2010年9月1日起施行。
