Hong Kong Ordinances

LANDLORD AND TENANT (CONSOLIDATION) ORDINANCE - SECT 44

Service of notice

(Past version on 30/06/1997).

Adaptation amendments retroactively made - see 44 of 2000 s. 3

(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 and 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; 44 of 2000 s. 3)

(3) (Repealed 53 of 1993 s. 17)