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Post Office
[1987 Ed.
Disposal of
postal packets opened under section 10, 12 or 13.
1908 c. 48, ss. 17 & 18.
Extension of
sections 12, 13 and 14 to articles not transmissible by post.
Masters of ships to deliver postal packets to Post Office without delay.
1908 c. 48, s. 27.
Notice to be given to Postmaster General of
departure of ships.
14. Any postal packet opened under the authority of section 10, 12 or 13, and the contents of any such postal packet, shall, subject to the provisions of section 32(5) and subject to any regulations made under this Ordinance, be dealt with in accordance with the following provisions--
(a) if the Governor gives any direction as to how any such postal packet or its contents or any of its contents shall be dealt with, such postal packet and contents shall be dealt with according to such direction;
(b) subject to any direction of the Governor, if such postal packet or any of its contents is required for the purpose of any pending or contemplated criminal or forfeiture proceedings whatsoever, such postal packet or contents shall be retained by the proper officer so long as may reasonably be necessary for the purpose of such pending or contemplated proceedings;
(c) subject to any direction of the Governor, if such postal packet and its contents are not required, or are no longer required, for any criminal or forfeiture proceedings and if the postal packet and its contents can, and may lawfully, be forwarded or delivered to the addressee, the postal packet and its contents shall be so forwarded or delivered;
(d) subject to any direction of the Governor, if such postal packet cannot, or may not lawfully, be forwarded or delivered to the addressee or if there is no addressee, such postal article and its contents shall if possible be returned to the sender.
15. The provisions of sections 12, 13 and 14 shall extend also to all articles tendered to or received by the Post Office for transmission by post or delivery, and to the contents of all such articles, whether such articles or contents be transmissible by post or not.
16. Every master of a ship having on board any postal packets which are within the exclusive privilege conferred on the Postmaster General by or under section 6, or any postal packets which have been received by him for delivery to the Postmaster General, shall, immediately upon the arrival of such ship in Hong Kong and before reporting at the Marine Department, deliver all such postal packets at the General Post Office or to some officer of the Post Office or other person authorized by the Postmaster General to receive the same.
(Amended, I of 1987, s. 8)
17. (1) Every owner of a ship, other than a ship plying daily or on fixed days to Macao or to any place on the Canton River or West River, proposing to dispatch such ship from Hong Kong to any place outside Hong Kong, shall give reasonable notice in writing to the Postmaster General of the day and hour of the intended departure of such ship, of the berth at which such ship is lying and of