POST OFFICE ORDINANCE
Title
POST OFFICE ORDINANCE
Description
Post Office.
No. 2 of 1863.
An Ordinance to amend Ordinance No. 8 of 1862, intituled ' An Ordi-
nance to provide for the management and control of a Post Office for
the Colony of Honnkong.'
[6th February, 1863.]
BE it enacted by His Excellency the Acting Governor of Hongkong, with the
advice
of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
1. Section 18 0£ Ordinance No. 8 of 1862, is hereby repealed.
2. It shall be lawful for the Postmaster General to register in this
Colony cor-
respondence posted for transmission to any place out of the limits of
this Colony in.
like manner and form as the same were registered by the Postmaster before
the third
day o£ May, 1862, and to demand and receive in respect of every letter or
book packet
registered in this Colony the sum of six pence, one-half thereof to be by
him retained
and accounted for to and for the use of this Colony, and the other half
thereof to be by
him retained and accounted for and paid over to the Imperial Vostmaster
General and
all registered correspondence and the registration thereof shall be
subject to all such
and the same rules and regulations as were in force respecting the same
on the said
third day of May, 1862, or as shall from time to time be hereafter
enacted or provided
in respect thereof by any Statute of the Imperial Parliament or by Her
Majesty's
Postmaster General or by His Excellency the Governor. This section shall
be.read and
construed as if the same had originally boon section eighteen of the said
last mentioned
Ordinance.
[Repealed by Ordinance No. 4 of 1887.]
542
Title.
Sec. 18 of No. 8 of 1862 repealed.
Registration of letters.
This section to be construed as if it had been sec. 18 of No. 8 of 1862.
No. 2 of 1863.
An Ordinance to amend Ordinance No. 8 of 1862, intituled ' An Ordi-
nance to provide for the management and control of a Post Office for
the Colony of Honnkong.'
[6th February, 1863.]
BE it enacted by His Excellency the Acting Governor of Hongkong, with the
advice
of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
1. Section 18 0£ Ordinance No. 8 of 1862, is hereby repealed.
2. It shall be lawful for the Postmaster General to register in this
Colony cor-
respondence posted for transmission to any place out of the limits of
this Colony in.
like manner and form as the same were registered by the Postmaster before
the third
day o£ May, 1862, and to demand and receive in respect of every letter or
book packet
registered in this Colony the sum of six pence, one-half thereof to be by
him retained
and accounted for to and for the use of this Colony, and the other half
thereof to be by
him retained and accounted for and paid over to the Imperial Vostmaster
General and
all registered correspondence and the registration thereof shall be
subject to all such
and the same rules and regulations as were in force respecting the same
on the said
third day of May, 1862, or as shall from time to time be hereafter
enacted or provided
in respect thereof by any Statute of the Imperial Parliament or by Her
Majesty's
Postmaster General or by His Excellency the Governor. This section shall
be.read and
construed as if the same had originally boon section eighteen of the said
last mentioned
Ordinance.
[Repealed by Ordinance No. 4 of 1887.]
542
Title.
Sec. 18 of No. 8 of 1862 repealed.
Registration of letters.
This section to be construed as if it had been sec. 18 of No. 8 of 1862.
Abstract
542
Title.
Sec. 18 of No. 8 of 1862 repealed.
Registration of letters.
This section to be construed as if it had been sec. 18 of No. 8 of 1862.
Title.
Sec. 18 of No. 8 of 1862 repealed.
Registration of letters.
This section to be construed as if it had been sec. 18 of No. 8 of 1862.
Identifier
https://oelawhk.lib.hku.hk/items/show/181
Edition
1890
Volume
v1
Cap / Ordinance No.
No. 2 of 1863
Number of Pages
1
Files
Collection
Historical Laws of Hong Kong Online
Citation
“POST OFFICE ORDINANCE,” Historical Laws of Hong Kong Online, accessed March 4, 2025, https://oelawhk.lib.hku.hk/items/show/181.
