Hong Kong Ordinances

ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS ORDINANCE - SECT 5A

Service of documents

(1) Without limiting the generality of section 5, if a rule of law under a
provision set out in Schedule 3 requires a document to be served on a person
by personal service or by post (whether or not there is any further
specification as to the address or place at which such service is to be
effected), the provision shall be construed as also providing that service of
the document in the form of an electronic record to an information system
designated by the person satisfies the requirement under the provision if the
information contained in the electronic record is accessible so as to be
usable for subsequent reference.

(2) Without limiting the generality of section 5, if a rule of law under a
provision set out in Schedule 3 permits a document to be served on a person by
personal service or by post (whether or not there is any further specification
as to the address or place at which such service is to be effected), the
provision shall be construed as also providing that service of the document in
the form of an electronic record to an information system designated by the
person is permitted under the provision if the information contained in the
electronic record is accessible so as to be usable for subsequent reference.
(Added 14 of 2004 s. 4)