Cap. 7activeordinance

Landlord and Tenant (Consolidation) Ordinance

業主與租客(綜合)條例

Full legislation

s.44

Service of notice

(1)
Service of any notice, application, certificate or other document under this
                Part may be
effected—
(a)
by personal service;
(b)
by post, addressed to the last known place of business or residence of the
                    person to be served;
(c)
in the case of service on a tenant, by leaving the notice, application,
                    certificate or other document with an adult occupier of the premises in which
                    the tenant resides and to which such document relates; or
(d)
by affixing a copy of it to a prominent part of the premises to which it
                        relates.
(Replaced
53 of 1993 s. 17
)
(1A)
A certificate purporting to be signed by a person who states in that
                certificate that he effected service under subsection (1) or (2) shall be prima
                facie evidence of the facts stated in the certificate relating to that
                    service.
(Added
53 of 1993 s. 17
)
(2)
The provisions of subsection (1) shall not apply in respect of the service of
                any notice under
section 21
, but in such cases service shall be effected
                by posting the prescribed form of notice in English and Chinese, upon the main door
                or entrance of the premises affected, and by reposting the same if necessary upon
                the second and third day thereafter, and upon the expiration of the third day such
                notice shall be deemed to have been served upon all persons including sub-tenants
                affected thereby.
(Added
22 of 1953 s. 22
. Amended
14 of 1957 s. 3
;
44 of 2000 s. 3
)
(3)
(Repealed
53 of 1993 s. 17
)