Hong Kong Regulations

POST OFFICE REGULATIONS - REGULATION 12

(Past version on 30/06/1997).

Amendments retroactively made - see 23 of 1998 s. 2

(1) Any parcel remaining unclaimed at the expiry of 7 days

(excluding public holidays) from the posting of a notification of arrival
shall be liable to a demurrage charge of $2 for each day that it remains
unclaimed after the expiration of that period, with a minimum charge of $16.
(L.N. 60 of 1985; L.N. 191 of 1988; L.N. 122 of 1991; L.N. 418 of 1993; L.N.
151 of 1995)

(2) If a parcel sent through the post from a place outside Hong Kong is not
collected within 2 months from the posting of a notification of arrival it may
be returned to the sender or otherwise disposed of as the Postmaster General
thinks fit. (L.N. 122 of 1991; 23 of 1998 s. 2)

(2A) A parcel sent through the local post that remains uncollected within 14
days from the posting of a notification of arrival may be returned to the
sender or otherwise disposed of as the Postmaster General thinks fit. (L.N.
122 of 1991)

(3) All fees payable under this regulation shall be payable in cash in such
manner as the Postmaster General may direct. (L.N. 270 of 1975)