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1. On the 20th November 1980, Caption Hsieh Chih Chien, the master of the Char Loong, registered in Panama, appeared before a Magistrate's Court charged with an offence contrary to sections 14 and 4 of the Merchant Shipping (Lord Lines) (Hong Kong) Order 1970. By this Order in Council, the provisions of the United Kingdom Merchant Shipping (Load Lines) Act 1967 were extended to Hong Kong as modified and adapted in the Schedule to the Order. The Order provides sanctions against the overloading of