1987 Ed.
Post Office
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(1) The Postmaster General, by himself or by the officers of the Post Office, shall have the exclusive privilege of
(a) conveying letters from one place to another within Hong Kong;
(b) sending letters out of Hong Kong for delivery outside Hong Kong;
(c) receiving letters brought into Hong Kong for delivery in Hong Kong; and
(d) receiving letters brought into Hong Kong for transmission to some place outside Hong Kong, other than letters contained in mail bags passing through the waters of Hong Kong without transhipment,
and shall also have the exclusive privilege of performing all the incidental services of receiving, collecting, sending, dispatching and delivering all such letters, except in the following cases-
(i) letters not exceeding 3 in number sent by a private friend on his way, journey or travel, provided that such letters are delivered by that friend to the person or persons to whom they are directed, without hire, reward or other profit or advantage for receiving, carrying or delivering them;
(ii) letters concerning the affairs of the sender or receiver thereof sent by a messenger employed for that purpose;
(iii) letters solely concerning particular goods, sent by the same vessel as the goods, to be delivered with the goods, without hire, reward or other profit or advantage for receiving, carrying or delivering such letters, provided that such letters are open to inspection and have superscribed thereon the words “Consignee's letter” or other words to the same effect;
(iv) telegrams sent out by any telegraph company; and
(v) letters of merchants, owners of vessels or aircraft of merchandise, or the cargo or loading therein, sent by those vessels or aircraft of merchandise or by any person employed by those owners for the carriage of those letters, according to their respective directions, and delivered to the respective persons to whom they are directed, without paying or receiving hire or reward, advantage or profit for the same in anywise. (Added, 22 of 1940, s. 2)
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in subsection (1), it shall be lawful for any person licensed by the Postmaster General to collect letters for transmission to China through the Post Office, and to receive clubbed packets from China through the Post Office, subject to the provisions of any regulations made under this Ordinance and subject to the conditions of his licence.
(3) Subject to the exemptions from the Postmaster General's exclusive privilege which are contained in subsections (1) and (2), no person shall
Exclusive privilege of Postmaster General.
1908 c. 48, ss. 30 & 34(2).
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