1987 Ed.]
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"post office letter box" includes every pillar box and wall box and every other box or receptacle provided by or under the authority of the Postmaster General for the purpose of receiving postal articles for transmission by or under the authority of the Postmaster General;
"postage stamp" means any label or stamp for denoting any rate of postage payable in respect of postal articles, and includes adhesive postage stamps and stamps printed, embossed, impressed or otherwise indicated on any envelope, wrapper, postcard or other article, whether such postage stamp is issued under this Ordinance or by Her Majesty's Postmaster General or by the government of any British possession or foreign country;
"postal article" includes everything which is transmissible by post;
"postal packet" means a postal article, or a collection of postal articles, which is in course of transmission by post as one postal unit;
"Postmaster General" means, unless Her Majesty's Postmaster General is indicated, the Postmaster General of Hong Kong, and includes every assistant postmaster general; (Amended, 1 of 1987, s. 8)
“ship” includes every description of vessel used in navigation and every description of aircraft.
(2) For the purposes of this Ordinance—
(a) a postal article shall be deemed to be in course of transmission by post from the time of its being duly delivered to a post office to the time of its being delivered to the addressee or its being returned to the sender or otherwise disposed of under the provisions of this Ordinance;
(b) the placing of a postal article in any receiving box for the deposit of postal articles or the delivery of an article to an officer of the post office in the course of his duties shall be deemed to be delivery to a post office; and
(c) the following shall be deemed to be delivery of a postal packet to the addressee-
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(i) delivery according to the usual manner of delivering postal packets to the addressee; or
(ii) delivery at the house or office of the addressee; or
(iii) delivery to the addressee or to his servant or agent or other person having authority to receive such packet; or
(iv) when the addressee is a guest and is resident at an hotel, delivery to the proprietor or manager thereof or to his agent.
The Governor in Council may by regulation provide for any of the following matters--
1908 c. 48, s. 89,
1908 c. 48, s. 90.
Regulations.
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1987 Ed.]
Post Office
[CAP. 98
"post office letter box" includes every pillar box and wall box and every other box or receptacle provided by or under the authority of the Postmaster General for the purpose of receiv- ing postal articles for transmission by or under the authority of the Postmaster General;
"postage stamp" means any label or stamp for denoting any rate of postage payable in respect of postal articles, and includes adhesive postage stamps and stamps printed, embossed, impressed or otherwise indicated on any envelope, wrapper, postcard or other article, whether such postage stamp is issued under this Ordinance or by Her Majesty's Postmaster General or by the government of any British possession or foreign country;
"postal article" includes everything which is transmissible by post;
"postal packet" means a postal article, or a collection of postal articles, which is in course of transmission by post as one postal unit;
"Postmaster General" means, unless Her Majesty's Postmaster General is indicated, the Postmaster General of Hong Kong, and includes every assistant postmaster general; (Amended, 1 of 1987, s. 8)
“ship” includes every description of vessel used in navigation and
every description of aircraft.
(2) For the purposes of this Ordinance—
(a) a postal article shall be deemed to be in course of transmis- sion by post from the time of its being duly delivered to a post office to the time of its being delivered to the addressee or its being returned to the sender or otherwise disposed of under the provisions of this Ordinance;
(b) the placing of a postal article in any receiving box for the deposit of postal articles or the delivery of an article to an officer of the post office in the course of his duties shall be deemed to be delivery to a post office; and
(c) the following shall be deemed to be delivery of a postal
packet to the addressee-
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(i) delivery according to the usual manner of deliver- ing postal packets to the addressee; or
(ii) delivery at the house or office of the addressee; or (iii) delivery to the addressee or to his servant or agent or other person having authority to receive such packet; or (iv) when the addressee is a guest and is resident at an hotel, delivery to the proprietor or manager thereof or to his agent.
The Governor in Council may by regulation provide for any of the following matters--
1908 c. 48, s. 89,
1908 c. 48, s. 90.
Regulations.
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