Hong Kong Regulations

LEVERAGED FOREIGN EXCHANGE TRADING (ARBITRATION) RULES - SECT 34

Communication and notice period

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

PART VI

MISCELLANEOUS

(1) Any letter or document sent under these Rules may be made by physical
delivery or by registered post addressed-

   (a)  in the case of the Arbitration Panel, to the clerk;

   (b)  in the case of a company within the meaning of the Companies 
        Ordinance ( Cap 32), to its registered office;

   (c)  in the case of an overseas company within the meaning of the
        Companies Ordinance ( Cap 32), to the person resident in Hong Kong who
        is authorized to accept service of process and notices on its behalf
        for the purposes of Part XI of that Ordinance at his address delivered
        to the Registrar of Companies under that Ordinance;

   (d)  in the case of a body corporate other than a company or an
        unincorporated body of persons other than a partnership, to the
        principal place of business of the body;

   (e)  in the case of a partnership, to its principal place of business; and

   (f)  in the case of an individual, to his habitual residence, place of
        business or mailing address or, if none of these can be found after
        making reasonable enquiries, to his last known address.

(2) Service by way of registered post shall be deemed to have been received on
the seventh day after the date on which the copy was sent to the address in
question.

(3) Notwithstanding subsection (1), the arbitrator may if he thinks just make
an order for any notice or document to be sent in any other way.

(4) For the purposes of calculating a period of time under these Rules-

   (a)  the period shall begin to run on the day following the day when the
        letter or document is received;

   (b)  if the last day of the period is an official holiday or a non-business
        day at the residence or place of business of the addressee, the period
        is extended until the first business day which follows; and

   (c)  official holidays or non-business days occurring during the running of
        the period of time are included in calculating the period. (Enacted
        1994)