RADIOTELEGRAMS (CHARGES) REGULATIONS
Title
RADIOTELEGRAMS (CHARGES) REGULATIONS
Description
(3) The licensee shall obey any instructions which may be issued by the
Director of Civil Aviation for observance by wireless telegraph aircraft stations
during any such emergency as aforesaid.
(4) The licensee shall be entitled to reasonable compensation for any
damage to the station arising in consequence of the exercise of the powers
conferred by paragraphs (1) and .(2).
These conditions apply only when the licence is endorsed 'Public correspondence
authorized'.
RADIOTELEGRAMS (CHARGES) REGULATIONS.
(Cap. 106, section 7(2)).
(Ordinance No. 18 of 1936).
[28th November, 1947.1
Charges for Radlotelegrams to and froin
Ships or Aircraft.
1. The charges payable in respect of radiotelegrams shall consist of
(a) a land station charge;
(b) a mobile station charge; and
(c) a charge for ordinary telegraph transmission.
2. Land station charges, per ,sord, shall be
(a) to ships or aircraft registered
in the United Kingdom or
Hong Kong 40 cents Hong
..Kong currency.
(b) from ships or aircraft registered
in the United Kingdom or
Hong Kong 6 pence Sterling.
(c) to or from ships or aircraft not
registered in the United King-
dom or Hong Kong 0.60 gold francs,
..or So cents,
..Hong Kong
..currency.
1 3. Mobile station charges, per word, shall be as set out in the
current list published by the Bureau of the International
Telecommunication Union at Berne.
4. Charges, per word, for ordinary telegraph trans-
mission shall be-
(a) for internal transmission ...... 0.10 gold francs,
....or 15 cents,
....Hong Kong
....currency.
(b)for international transmission in accordance with
published tariffs.
5. If the name of a mobile station sending a radiotelegram
destined for Hong Kong does not appear in the current list
published by the Bureau of the International Telecommunication
Union at Berne the radiotelegram may be delivered only on
payment, by the addressee, of the prescribed charges.
6. The charges for radiotelegrams in code language shall be
six-tenths of the charges prescribed in regulations I to 5 of these
regulations.
7. These regulations may be cited as the Radio-telegrams
(Charges) Regulations.
G.N.A. 888/47.
Abstract
G.N.A. 888/47.
Identifier
https://oelawhk.lib.hku.hk/items/show/1833
Edition
1950
Volume
v9
Subsequent Cap No.
106
Number of Pages
2
Files
Collection
Historical Laws of Hong Kong Online
Citation
“RADIOTELEGRAMS (CHARGES) REGULATIONS,” Historical Laws of Hong Kong Online, accessed April 30, 2025, https://oelawhk.lib.hku.hk/items/show/1833.