CONSULAR RELATIONS (MERCHANT SHIPPING) (UNITED STATES OF MEXICO) ORDER

CONSULAR RELATIONS (MERCHANT SHIPPING) (UNITED STATES OF MEXICO) ORDER

CONSULAR RELATIONS (MERCHANT SHIPPING

(UNITED STATES OF MEXICO) ORDER

(Cap. 259, sections 5, 7 and 8)

[4th February, 1972.]

1. This order may be cited as the Consular Relations (Merchant
Shipping) (United States of Mexico) Order.

2. (1) For the purpose of this order a ship shall be treated as
belonging to the United States of Mexico if it is registered at a port in
any of the territories of the United States of Mexico.

(2) Nothing in this order shall apply to any ship of war.

3. Proceedings relating to the remuneration or any contract of
service of the master or a member of the crew of any ship belonging to
the United States of Mexico shall not be entertained by any court in
Hong Kong unless either

(a) the proceedings are instituted by or against a person who
is a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies, a citizen
of Southern Rhodesia, a British subject by virtue of
section 2, 13 or 16 of the British Natinoality Act 1948
or the British Nationality Act 1965, or a British protected
person within in the meaning of the said Act of 1948; or

(b)a consular officer of the United States of Mexico has been
notified of the intention to invoke the jurisdiction of that court
and has not objected within a period of two weeks from the date
of such notification and a statement to that effect is included
among the details on which the claim is based at the time when
the proceedings are commenced.

4. The United States of Mexico is designated for the purposes of
section 7 of the Ordinance (which relates to detention on board ship for
disciplinary offences).
L.N. 33/72. Citation. Ships to be treated as belonging to the United States of Mexico. Proceedings relating to the remuneration, etc., of the master or crew of a ship belonging to the United States of Mexico. (1948 c. 56.) (1965 c. 34.) Detention on board ship for disciplinary offences.

L.N. 33/72. Citation. Ships to be treated as belonging to the United States of Mexico. Proceedings relating to the remuneration, etc., of the master or crew of a ship belonging to the United States of Mexico. (1948 c. 56.) (1965 c. 34.) Detention on board ship for disciplinary offences.

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