Hong Kong Ordinances

UNSOLICITED ELECTRONIC MESSAGES ORDINANCE - SECT 44

Service of notices for purposes of sections 34, 35, 36 and 38

(1) A specified notice may be served by prepaying (where requisite),
registering and posting an envelope addressed to the person on or to whom the
notice is to be served at his usual or last known place of abode or business
and containing the notice; and, unless there is evidence to the contrary, the
notice shall be deemed to have been served and received at the time at which
such envelope would have been delivered in the ordinary course of post.

(2) For the purposes of this section, a company within the meaning assigned by
section 2(1) of the Companies Ordinance ( Cap 32) shall be deemed to have its
usual place of business at its registered office for the purposes of that
Ordinance, and any other organization shall be deemed to have a usual place of
business at its principal office or any other place at which it carries on
business.

(3) In this section, "specified notice" (指明通知) means a notice under—

   (a)  section 34 (Authority may issue directions to
        telecommunications service providers);

   (b)  section 35 (Authority may impose financial penalties);

   (c)  section 36 (Authority may obtain information or documents relevant to
        investigation); or

   (d)  section 38 (Authority may issue enforcement notice).

"specified notice" (指明通知)