Hong Kong Ordinances

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ORDINANCE - SECT 29

Service

(1) The bailiff shall, as soon as may be after having received the same,
deliver to a gaoler the copy and notice for the information of the
Commissioner of Correctional Services and to the accused himself the copy and
notice for service on the accused. (Replaced 17 of 1930 s. 6)

(2) In any case where the accused person cannot be found, the bailiff shall
leave the said copy and notice with some one of his household for him at his
dwelling-house, or with some one of his clerks for him at his place of
business, and, if none such can be found, shall affix the said copy and notice
to the outer or principal door of his dwelling-house. (Amended 13 of 1995 s.
2)

(3) The bailiff shall, at the time of service, explain to the accused person,
or to the person, if any, with whom the said copy and notice are left, the
nature and exigency thereof.