- (a) waive the requirement to submit the declaration under subsection (1); or
- (b) accept for the purposes of subsection (1) a declaration that is substantially in accordance with the form referred to in that subsection.
(4) Subject to subsection (3), a person who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine at level 3 and to imprisonment for 6 months.
(5) A person who knowingly contravenes subsection (2) commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine at level 3 and to imprisonment for 6 months.
PART 10
Pratique
50. Cross-boundary vessels to show quarantine signals
(1) Subject to subsection (3), an operator of a cross-boundary vessel that enters the waters of Hong Kong shall ensure that the appropriate quarantine signal set out in Schedule 2 is shown on the vessel.
(2) The operator of a cross-boundary vessel shall ensure that the quarantine signal is not lowered until the vessel has been granted free pratique.
(3) A cross-boundary vessel that is on a voyage to any place outside Hong Kong may, with the permission of a health officer, proceed with its voyage or tranship its passengers for the purpose of completing such voyage without showing any quarantine signal.
(4) A person who contravenes subsection (1) or (2) commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine at level 2 and to imprisonment for 2 months.
51. Cross-boundary vessels without free pratique required to proceed to quarantine anchorage
(1) An operator of a cross-boundary vessel that enters the waters of Hong Kong shall ensure that the vessel proceeds immediately to a quarantine anchorage or other anchorage as permitted by a health officer, unless the vessel has been granted free pratique.
