Article 1 These Measures are formulated in order to promote the development of water transportation, protect the legitimate rights and interests of the parties concerned and standardize maritime visa work.

article 2 these measures are applicable to the maritime visa work applied by ships.

article 3 the people's Republic of China and the China harbour superintendency administration are the competent authorities for maritime visas. Local harbour superintendency agencies (including port and shipping superintendency agencies) are the contractors of maritime visas.

Article 4 When accepting a ship's application for a maritime visa, the issuing authority may issue the following maritime documents.

(1) maritime declaration and extended maritime declaration; (2) Maritime reports; (3) Other maritime documents related to ships.

Article 5 Meaning of relevant terms in these Measures:

(1) "Maritime visa" means that when the issuing authority applies for a maritime visa, it makes a preliminary check on the contents of the documents listed in Article 4, and signs "Allow for future reference" to prove that the ship has indeed reported the maritime notarial acts to the issuing authority.

(2) "maritime declaration" refers to the declaration submitted by the master after the arrival of the ship about the damage or loss of the ship and cargo caused or likely to be caused by bad weather or accidents.

(3) "Extended maritime declaration" means a more specific and detailed supplementary declaration submitted within a reasonable time after the maritime declaration is made.

(4) "maritime report" refers to a written report submitted to the visa authority and requested to apply for a visa after a ship accident.

Article 6 A ship applying for a maritime visa shall comply with the following provisions:

(1) A maritime declaration shall be submitted to the local visa authority within 24 hours of the ship's arrival at the first port of arrival, and if the ship stays in Hong Kong for less than 24 hours, it shall be submitted to the local visa authority immediately after the ship arrives in Hong Kong.

(2) If damage has occurred or may cause damage to the ship or cargo before the ship arrives in Hong Kong, the declaration documents must be submitted to the visa-issuing authority or the contents should be notified to the visa-issuing authority in the form of telegram or telex before opening the cabin for unloading.

(3) The application documents shall be in no less than three copies (one of which is the original and the others are duplicates, and stamped with the original and duplicate seals respectively).

(4) When applying for the documents listed in Article 4, extracts or photocopies of relevant legal documents of the ship shall be attached, such as log books, engine logs, car clock records, charts, etc.

(5) The application documents must be in Chinese or English.

(6) The master must sign and affix the ship's seal to the documents and annexes he declares, and there should be at least two witnesses signing them.

Article 7 The main contents of the declaration documents shall include:

(1) Name of the ship, nationality, port of registry, registration number of the ship, and names of owners and operators.

(2) the main technical data of the ship, the port of departure and the port of destination, and the passenger and cargo situation.

(3) the time, place, weather, sea conditions, measures taken and damages of the declared items.

article 8 the contents of application documents and relevant materials must be true.

Article 9 After receiving the ship's visa declaration, the visa issuing authority shall check it, and may order it to make corrections or refuse the visa in any of the following circumstances.

(1) violating national laws and regulations.

(2) It does not conform to the provisions of Articles 6, 7 and 8 of these Measures.

Article 1 When the issuing authority deems it necessary, it may check the relevant contents of the ship declaration documents.

Article 11 Except for those who refuse to sign the application documents of the ship concerned, the issuing authority shall issue a visa stamped with the seal of "Permit for future reference", "Maritime Visa", "Riding Seal" and the signature of the applicant; If necessary, annotate the corresponding content according to different situations.

the text of article 12 shall be in Chinese, with English translation if necessary.

Article 13 All visa authorities must establish a maritime visa register to record the main contents, visa serial numbers and visa dates of visa documents, and keep a copy of the visa documents for filing.

article 14 maritime visa fees shall be charged according to the relevant provisions of the state, and other fees arising from maritime visas shall be charged by the visa authorities from the ships concerned according to the facts.

article 15 these measures shall be interpreted by the people's Republic of China and the China harbour superintendency administration.

article 16 these measures shall come into force as of October 1, 1995.