Hong Kong Ordinances

LAND DRAINAGE ORDINANCE - SECT 45

Service of notice and order

PART VII

MISCELLANEOUS

(1) Any notice or order required to be served under this Ordinance may be
served by serving a copy-

   (a)  personally; or

   (b)  by registered post addressed to the last known place of business or
        residence of the person to be served; or

   (c)  by leaving the same with an adult occupier of the land to which the
        notice or order relates or by posting the same upon a conspicuous part
        of such land.

(2) In addition to the method of service mentioned in subsection

(1)(a), (b) or (c), the publication in the Gazette of any such notice or order
together with the available particulars of the person to whom it is addressed
shall be good service.

(3) Any notice or order served by registered post shall be deemed, unless the
contrary is shown, to have been served on the day succeeding the day on which
it would have been received in the ordinary course by registered post.

(4) In proving service by registered post it shall be sufficient to prove that
the letter containing the notice or order was duly addressed and posted.
(Enacted 1994)