Hong Kong Regulations

REGISTERED DESIGNS RULES - SECT 60C

Designation of electronic mail box

(1) On the request of any person, the Registrar may designate an electronic
mail box within an information system designated by the Registrar which may be
used by that person to communicate with the Registrar.

(2) The use by any person of an electronic mail box within the designated
information system shall be subject to such terms as the Registrar may specify
either generally by notice published in the official journal or in any
particular case by notice to the person for whom the electronic mail box is
designated.

(3) Where the Registrar designates an electronic mail box for a person under
this section, any document or other thing required or authorized by the
Ordinance or these Rules to be sent by the Registrar to that person shall be
deemed to be properly sent if it is sent in the form of an electronic record
to that person’s designated electronic mail box.

(4) Sending to a designated electronic mail box shall be deemed to be effected
at such time as the electronic record is accepted by the designated
information system.

(5) An electronic record sent to a designated electronic mail box shall be
deemed to be received by the addressee at such time as the electronic record
is accepted and recorded by that electronic mail box. (L.N. 38 of 2004)