Hong Kong Regulations

POST OFFICE REGULATIONS - REGULATION 19

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

(1) (Repealed L.N. 178 of 1999)

(2) (a) Money orders for payment in a place outside Hong Kong may be issued by
the Postmaster General and such money orders, if issued, will be issued at
rates of exchange fixed by the Postmaster General from time to time and in any
currency as he thinks fit. Commission shall be charged at $40 plus one half
per cent of the amount remitted for each of such orders. (L.N. 184 of 1981;
L.N. 191 of 1988; L.N. 122 of 1991; 23 of 1998 s. 2)

   (b)  Money orders issued in a place outside Hong Kong for payment in Hong
        Kong will be paid at rates of exchange fixed by the Postmaster General
        from time to time and in any currency as he thinks fit. (L.N. 178 of
        1999)

(3) The maximum amount for which-

   (a)  a money order for payment in a place outside Hong Kong may be issued
        in Hong Kong; or

   (b)  a money order issued in a place outside Hong Kong may be paid in Hong
        Kong, shall be the amount determined by the Postmaster General which
        shall not exceed $5000, currency of the United States of America, or
        the equivalent of such sum. (L.N. 178 of 1999)

(4) A money order issued in Hong Kong for payment in a place outside Hong Kong
or issued in a place outside Hong Kong for payment in Hong Kong that has been
remaining unpaid after the last day of the 3rd month following the month of
issue shall be treated as void. (23 of 1998 s. 2)

(5) The fee for an advice of payment shall be $11. (L.N. 270 of 1975; L.N. 191
of 1988; L.N. 122 of 1991)

(6)-(7) (Repealed L.N. 178 of 1999)

(8) The Postmaster General may, on payment of a fee of $40,- (L.N. 191 of
1988; L.N. 122 of 1991)

   (a)  stop payment of any money order issued in Hong Kong for payment in a
        place outside Hong Kong;

   (b)  issue a duplicate of a money order issued in Hong Kong for payment in
        a place outside Hong Kong; or

   (c)  (Repealed L.N. 178 of 1999)

   (d)  in relation to a money order for payment in a place outside Hong Kong
        that has become void, refund to the purchaser the price he paid in
        Hong Kong dollars for it. (L.N. 60 of 1985; 23 of 1998 s. 2) (L.N. 418
        of 1993; L.N. 178 of 1999)