Hong Kong Regulations

IMMIGRATION REGULATIONS - REGULATION 7A

Prescribed manner for giving notices

A notice under section 13A(2) or (4) of the Ordinance required to be given to
a Vietnamese refugee under section 13A(5) of the Ordinance may be given-

   (a)  to him personally; or

   (b)  where in the opinion of an immigration officer or a chief immigration
        assistant it is not practicable to give the notice personally, in the
        following manner- (65 of 1989 s. 5)

        (i)    in the case of a person who is a member of a family, to the
               head of the family;

        (ii)   in the case of a person who is a passenger on board, or a
               member of the crew of, a ship, to the captain of the ship;

        (iii)  in the case of a person who is employed, to his employer;

        (iv)   by publishing the notice in a publication circulated in the
               refugee centre in which the person normally resides;

        (v)    by posting the notice on a notice board in the refugee centre
               in which the person normally resides; or

        (vi)   by broadcasting the notice, on not less than 2 different days,
               over a loudspeaker, or in any other manner, in the refugee
               centre in which the person normally resides. (L.N. 175 of 1981)