CAP. 98]
Damages for non-delivery of postal packets or mail bags.
Liability for payment of postage, etc.
1908 c. 48, s. 3.
Post Office
[1987 Ed.
(c) if any of the postal packets have been damaged in transit, unless the master proves to the satisfaction of the Postmaster General that such damage was not due to any fault or lack of sufficient care on his part.
(4) If the master of any vessel satisfies the Postmaster General that he will not return to Hong Kong within the 12 months prescribed by subsection (3)(a), it shall be lawful for the Postmaster General to pay a gratuity in advance. (Amended, I of 1987, s. 8)
20. Every master of a ship to whom any postal packets are delivered under section 18 shall be deemed to contract with the Postmaster General that, in consideration of the gratuity payable in respect of such postal packets, he will duly deliver the said postal packets to the postal authority to whom the same are addressed immediately on his arrival in any port, without wilful or avoidable delay, and that if he fails in any respect to perform such contract he will pay to the Postmaster General the sum of $10,000 as liquidated damages for the breach thereof.
(Amended, I of 1987, s. 2)
21. (1) Save where the Postmaster General otherwise permits, the postage chargeable on every postal packet posted in Hong Kong, except a letter, shall be prepaid in full. (Amended, I of 1987, s. 3)
(2) It shall be lawful for the Postmaster General to refuse to receive any postal packets, including letters, tendered for posting, unless the postage and any other sum chargeable thereon has been fully prepaid. (Amended, 33 of 1939, Supp. Schedule, G.N. 840/40)
(3) Where the postage on any postal packet is required to be prepaid and has not been prepaid or has not been fully prepaid, there shall be chargeable upon such postal packet such surcharge as may be prescribed in regulations made by the Governor in Council. (Replaced, 81 of 1975, s. 2. Amended, I of 1987, s. 3)
(4) Where a postal packet has been posted in Hong Kong and is addressed to an addressee in Hong Kong and the postage or any other sum chargeable on such postal packet is required to be prepaid and has not been paid or has not been fully paid, payment under this section shall be made (Amended, 81 of 1975, s. 2 and 1 of 1987, s. 3)
(a) by the addressee, upon delivery of the postal packet to him, unless he refuses to accept delivery or returns the postal packet forthwith unopened;
(b) by the sender, upon demand by the Postmaster General, if the addressee refuses to accept delivery or returns the postal packet forthwith unopened, or if the addressee is dead or cannot be found, or if the Postmaster General is of opinion that such postage or sum or deficiency should be paid by the sender and not by the addressee.
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CAP. 98]
Damages for non-delivery of postal packets or mail bags.
Liability for payment of postage, ect.
1908 c. 48, s. 3.
Post Office
[1987 Ed.
(c) if any of the postal packets have been damaged in transit, unless the master proves to the satisfaction of the Postmaster General that such damage was not due to any fault or lack of sufficient care on his part.
(4) If the master of any vessel satisfies the Postmaster General that he will not return to Hong Kong within the 12 months prescribed by subsection (3)(a), it shall be lawful for the Postmaster General to pay a gratuity in advance. (Amended, I of 1987, s. 8)
20. Every master of a ship to whom any postal packets are delivered under section 18 shall be deemed to contract with the Postmaster General that, in consideration of the gratuity payable in respect of such postal packets, he will duly deliver the said postal packets to the postal authority to whom the same are addressed immediately on his arrival in any port, without wilful or avoidable delay, and that if he fails in any respect to perform such contract he will pay to the Postmaster General the sum of $10,000 as liquidated damages for the breach thereof.
(Amended, I of 1987, s. 2)
21. (1) Save where the Postmaster General otherwise permits, the postage chargeable on every postal packet posted in Hong Kong, except a letter, shall be prepaid in full. (Amended, I of 1987, s. 3)
(2) It shall be lawful for the Postmaster General to refuse to receive any postal packets, including letters, tendered for posting, unless the postage and any other sum chargeable thereon has been fully prepaid. (Amended, 33 of 1939, Supp. Schedule, G.N. 840/40)
(3) Where the postage on any postal packet is required to be prepaid and has not been prepaid or has not been fully prepaid, there shall be chargeable upon such postal packet such surcharge as may be prescribed in regulations made by the Governor in Council. (Replaced, 81 of 1975, s. 2. Amended, I of 1987, s. 3)
(4) Where a postal packet has been posted in Hong Kong and is addressed to an addressee in Hong Kong and the postage or any other sum chargeable on such postal packet is required to be prepaid and has not been paid or has not been fully paid, payment under this section shall be made (Amended, 81 of 1975, s. 2 and 1 of 1987, s. 3)
(a) by the addressee, upon delivery of the postal packet to him, unless he refuses to accept delivery or returns the postal packet forthwith unopened;
(b) by the sender, upon demand by the Postmaster General, if the addressee refuses to accept delivery or returns the postal packet forthwith unopened, or if the addressee is dead or cannot be found, or if the Postmaster General is of opinion that such postage or sum or deficiency should be paid by the sender and not by the addressee.
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