Hong Kong Regulations

ADOPTION RULES - RULE 28

Service of documents

(Past version on 01/07/1997).
(Past version on 30/06/1997).

SERVICE OF DOCUMENTS

(1) Subject to paragraph (2), a document required to be served under these
rules may be served—

   (a)  in the case of an individual—

        (i)    by delivering it to the individual personally;

        (ii)   by leaving it with some person for the individual at the
               individual’s last known address or usual place of abode; or

        (iii)  by sending it to the individual by registered post addressed to
               the individual at the individual’s last known address or
               usual place of abode;

   (b)  in the case of the Director—

        (i)    by delivering it to him at his principal office; or

        (ii)   by sending it to him by registered post addressed to him at his
               principal office;

   (c)  in the case of a body of persons—

        (i)    by delivering it to that body at that body’s registered or
               principal office; or

        (ii)   by sending it to that body by registered post addressed to that
               body at that body’s registered or principal office.

(2) Where a document is to be served on—

   (a)  an individual whose last known address or usual place of abode is in a
        place outside Hong Kong; or

   (b)  a body of persons whose registered or principal office is in a place
        outside Hong Kong, the document must be served in accordance with the
        law of that place. (L.N. 230 of 2005)