Hong Kong Ordinances

LANDLORD AND TENANT (CONSOLIDATION) ORDINANCE - SECT 44

Service of notice

Caution: This is a past version. See the current version here.

(1) Service of any notice, application, certificate or other document under
this Part may be effected-

   (a)  by personal service;

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

   (c)  in the case of service on a tenant, by leaving the notice,
        application, certificate or other document with an adult occupier of
        the premises in which the tenant resides and to which such document
        relates; or

   (d)  by affixing a copy of it to a prominent part of the premises to which
        it relates. (Replaced 53 of 1993 s. 17)

(1A) A certificate purporting to be signed by a person who states in that
certificate that he effected service under subsection (1) or (2) shall be
prima facie evidence of the facts stated in the certificate relating to that
service. (Added 53 of 1993 s. 17)

(2) The provisions of subsection (1) shall not apply in respect of the service
of any notice under section 21, but in such cases service shall be effected by
posting the prescribed form of notice in English, together with a copy in
Chinese, upon the main door or entrance of the premises affected, and by
reposting the same if necessary upon the second and third day thereafter, and
upon the expiration of the third day such notice shall be deemed to have been
served upon all persons including sub-tenants affected thereby. (Added 22 of
1953 s. 22. Amended 14 of 1957 s. 3)

(3) (Repealed 53 of 1993 s. 17)