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ORDINANCES Nos. 9 AND 10 OF 1876.
Public Gambling.
Post Office.
Penalties to be recovered according to the provisions of Ord. No. 10 of 1844, and No. 7 of 1866.
but such repeal shall not affect anything duly done before the passing of this Ordinance.
10. All penalties herein mentioned shall be recovered, and levied, on conviction of the offender, before any Magistrate of Police, or any two Justices of the Peace, in the manner provided by Ordinances No. 10 of 1844, and No. 7 of 1866.
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Title.
Short title.
Interpretation.
De Ord. 8 of 1862, sec. 26.
No. 10 of 1876.
An Ordinance to amend the Law relating to the Postal Matters of the Colony.
[11th December, 1876.]
BE it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:
1. This Ordinance may be cited as "The Post Office Ordinance, 1876."
2. In this Ordinance, and in any Order in Council or regulation made thereunder, unless the context indicates the contrary, the following expressions shall have the meanings set against them respectively, that is to say :
"Postmaster General" shall mean the Postmaster General of the Colony. "Correspondence" shall mean any letter, newspaper, book, pamphlet, document, parcel, or package, or other article whatsoever transmitted by post, whether in a closed mail or having been placed loose on board any contract packet or vessel for transmission; and a letter or other article shall be deemed to be correspondence from the time of its arrival within the limits of the Colony, if brought to the Colony by post, or from the time of its delivery to the Post Office if not so brought, and in either case shall continue to be deemed correspondence to the time of its delivery from the Post Office; and delivery to or by any person authorised to receive or deliver letter bags or correspondence on behalf of the Postmaster General shall be a delivery to or from the Post Office.
"Postage Stamp" shall mean any label or stamp for denoting any rate of postage. "Letter Bag" shall mean any bag, or box, or packet, or parcel, or other envelope or covering in which correspondence is conveyed, whether it does or does not contain correspondence.
"Post Office" shall mean any house, building, room, or place where correspondence is received or delivered, or in which it is sorted, made up, or despatched.
"Officer of the Post Office" shall mean the Postmaster General, and every Postmaster, Assistant Postmaster, agent, officer, clerk, letter carrier, or any other person employed in any business of the Post Office, whether employed by the Postmaster General, or by any person under him, or on behalf of the Post Office.