CAP. 98]
Post Office
[1987 Ed.
Exemption from liability.
1908 c. 48, ss. 13 & 23.
(a) collect any letters with a view to the delivery of such letters anywhere otherwise than through the post; or
(b) have in his possession any letter with a view to the delivery of such letter anywhere otherwise than through the post; or
(c) send any letter out of Hong Kong otherwise than through the post; or
(d) without lawful authority or excuse bring any letter into Hong Kong with a view to the delivery of such letter anywhere; or
(e) without lawful authority or excuse have in his possession any letter brought into Hong Kong, or delivered, otherwise than through the post.
(4) No person shall in any other way infringe the exclusive privilege of the Postmaster General.
(5) It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council to order that the provisions of this section shall also apply to any particular kind or kinds of postal article other than letters, subject to such exceptions and conditions (if any) as the Governor in Council may think fit.
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(Amended, I of 1987, s. 8)
(1) The Government shall not incur any liability by reason of the loss, non-delivery, misdelivery or delay of any postal packet, or by reason of any damage to any postal packet, whether registered or not.
(2) No officer of the Post Office shall incur any liability by reason of such loss, non-delivery, misdelivery, delay or damage, except in the case of fraud or wilful misbehaviour.
(3) Neither the Government nor any officer of the Post Office shall incur any liability for the loss, non-delivery, misdelivery or delay of, or damage to, any postal article, whether registered or not, caused by the act or default of any person licensed in accordance with subsection (2) of section 6, or caused by the act or default of any servant or agent of any such licensed person.
(4) Once a money order, telegraph money order, postal order or postal note has been paid to any person by an officer of the Post Office or by an officer of any other postal authority, British or foreign, all liability of the Government in respect of such money order, telegraph money order, postal order or postal note shall cease and determine, and, except in the case of fraud or wilful misbehaviour, no officer of the Post Office shall, after such payment, be liable in respect of such money order, telegraph money order, postal order or postal note.
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CAP. 98]
Post Office
[1987 Ed.
Exemption from liability.
1908 c. 48, ss. 13 & 23.
(a) collect any letters with a view to the delivery of such letters
anywhere otherwise than through the post; or
(b) have in his possession any letter with a view to the delivery of such letter anywhere otherwise than through the post; or
(c) send any letter out of Hong Kong otherwise than through
the post; or
(d) without lawful authority or excuse bring any letter into Hong Kong with a view to the delivery of such letter anywhere; or
(e) without lawful authority or excuse have in his possession any letter brought into Hong Kong, or delivered, other- wise than through the post.
(4) No person shall in any other way infringe the exclusive privilege of the Postmaster General.
(5) It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council to order that the provisions of this section shall also apply to any particular kind or kinds of postal article other than letters, subject to such exceptions and conditions (if any) as the Governor in Council may think fit.
7.
(Amended, I of 1987, s. 8)
(1) The Government shall not incur any liability by reason of the loss, non-delivery, misdelivery or delay of any postal packet, or by reason of any damage to any postal packet, whether registered or not.
(2) No officer of the Post Office shall incur any liability by reason of such loss, non-delivery, misdelivery, delay or damage, except in the case of fraud or wilful misbehaviour.
(3) Neither the Government nor any officer of the Post Office shall incur any liability for the loss, non-delivery, misdelivery or delay of, or damage to, any postal article, whether registered or not, caused by the act or default of any person licensed in accordance with subsection (2) of section 6, or caused by the act or default of any servant or agent of any such licensed person.
(4) Once a money order, telegraph money order, postal order or postal note has been paid to any person by an officer of the Post Office or by an officer of any other postal authority, British or foreign, all liability of the Government in respect of such money order, telegraph money order, postal order or postal note shall cease and determine, and, except in the case of fraud or wilful misbehaviour, no officer of the Post Office shall, after such payment, be liable in respect of such money order, telegraph money order, postal order or postal note.
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