46 Prohibitions
Living creatures
17. (a) Living creatures except bees, leeches and silkworms; parasites and des- troyers of noxious insects intended for the control of these insects and exchanged between officially recognized institutions.
(b) The concession as regards parasites and destroyers of noxious insects does not relieve either the senders or addressees from complying with any regulations in the country of destination as to the importation of insects and so on.
Bullion, coin and paper money
18. Counterfeit bank or currency notes and counterfeit postage stamps.
19. Coin except coins used or designed for ornamental purposes and declared as such.
20. Gold bullion.
21. Paper money unless authorized by the Export Control office.
Miscellaneous
22. (a) Packets bearing any fictitious postage stamp or counterfeit impression of a stamping machine, or words, letter or marks which are unauthorized and which may reasonably lead the recipient to believe that the packet is sent on Her Majesty's Service.
(b) Packets purporting to be prepaid with any stamp or impression of a stamping machine which has previously been used to prepay any other postal packet.
23. Packets consisting of or containing two or more postal packets, of the same or of different descriptions addressed to different persons at different addresses.
24. Articles infringing trademark or copyright laws.
25. Articles prohibited under import regulations abroad, or subject to restrictions unless the requirements of the country of destination are complied with. Lists com- prising a selection of such articles as are likely to be sent in ordinary course are given in the summary of the letter and parcel services.
Apart from the articles mentioned in the summary referred to above many kinds of goods are, in the present exceptional circumstances, entirely prohibited from entry into certain countries, particularly countries of the British Commonwealth, or are admitted only under licence, and exporters are advised not to despatch goods until they have satisfied themselves that the importer has obtained or will be able to obtain the necessary licence from the appropriate authority of the country of destination or that such a licence is not required.
The Hong Kong Post Office accepts no responsibility for the return or seizure of any packet through the failure of the sender or addressee to comply with the necessary formalities.
26. Pathological objects except by letter or sample post under certain regulations.
Envelopes
27. A packet enclosed in a wholly transparent envelope, or an aperture envelope, that is an envelope with an open (cut-out) panel.
28. A packet enclosed in a window envelope, that is an envelope with a trans- parent panel which does not conform to the following conditions :
(a) The panel must extend parallel to the length of the envelope, so that the address of the addressee appears in the same direction; it must be placed so as not to interfere with the application of the date-stamp;
(b) The panel must be sufficiently transparent for the address to be perfectly legible, even in artificial light, and must take writing. Panels which reflect artificial light are not admissible;
(c) Only the name and address of the addressce must show through the panel, and the enclosures must be so folded that they cannot move about in the envelope and thus cause the address to be hidden;
(d) The address must be legibly indicated in ink, by typewriting, or by a printing process in a deep colour. Articles addressed in copying-ink pencil or lead pencil are not admitted.
29. A packet enclosed in an envelope of which the address portion has been divided into separate sections for the insertion of successful addresses.
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