### Post Office Regulations 《郵政署規例》

28. The issue of postage stamps for use under the Ordinance and the withdrawal of postage stamps from such use shall be under the control and management of the Postmaster General, and postage stamps so issued shall be of such kinds and in such denominations as the Postmaster General may determine. 
(31 of 1981 s. 65)

29. (1) The Postmaster General may issue a licence to any person in such form as the Postmaster General may determine authorizing such person, subject to such terms and conditions as the Postmaster General may specify in the licence, to use a franking machine for the purpose of denoting prepayment of postage or the payment of other fees payable by means of postage stamps or in respect of services provided by the Postmaster General. 
(2) No person shall use a franking machine for a purpose referred to in subregulation (1) without a licence issued in respect thereof under this regulation or otherwise than in accordance with the terms or conditions specified in such licence. 
(3) The Postmaster General may cancel a licence issued under this regulation in respect of a franking machine pursuant to the terms of the licence or if there are reasonable grounds for believing that any person has used the franking machine in contravention of subregulation (2). 
(31 of 1981 s. 65)

30. (1) The Postmaster General may authorize the repurchase of postage stamps (including postage stamps impressed on any material) in respect of which either of the following conditions is satisfied—
(a) the postage stamps were purchased solely for postal purpose and have not been used for those or any other purposes; or 
(b) the postage stamps have been inadvertently and undesignedly spoiled or rendered unfit for use. 
(2) There shall be payable in respect of the repurchase of postage stamps under this regulation such commission as the Postmaster General may determine.

32. The Postmaster General may redirect a postal packet on payment in advance of the following fees by the addressee—           Privateuser  Business user  (a) for a period not exceeding 3 months  $136  $409  (b) for each 6 months thereafter  $172  $512 

(L.N. 191 of 1988; L.N. 122 of 1991; L.N. 418 of 1993; L.N. 151 of 1995; L.N. 147 of 2013; L.N. 214 of 2015)

### Post Office Regulations 《郵政署規例》

35. (1) The Postmaster General may provide a service to customers for affixing stamps or souvenir sheets onto a first day cover or souvenir cover, as the case may be, and stamping a postmark thereon. 
(2) The fee for the service mentioned in subregulation (1) shall be $2.50 for each cover. 
(L.N. 27 of 1997)

36. (1) The Postmaster General may provide a service to customers for ordering philatelic products. (23 of 1998 s. 2) 
(2) The fee for handling each dispatch of philatelic products ordered by a customer outside Hong Kong is $12. 
(3) For the avoidance of doubt, the Postmaster General shall charge a separate fee for the service mentioned in regulation 35. 
(L.N. 27 of 1997; L.N. 214 of 2015)

38. Transitional provisions for Post Office (Amendment) Regulation 2015 (L.N. 214 of 2015)
(E.R. 4 of 2018)(1) In this regulation, a reference to a particular pre-amended regulation is a reference to that regulation as in force immediately before 1 February 2016.
(2) A licence issued under the pre-amended regulation 23 and in force immediately before 1 February 2016 is to be treated as a licence issued under regulation 23.
(3) A written approval given under the pre-amended regulation 23A and in force immediately before 1 February 2016 is to be treated as a licence issued under regulation 23A.
(L.N. 214 of 2015)

### Duplicate Permits and Licences (New Territories) Rules 《許可證複本及特許證複本(新界)規則》

1. Citation
These rules may be cited as the Duplicate Permits and Licences (New Territories) Rules.

2. Power to issue duplicates
When any permit or licence whatsoever issued by any District Officer or the Director of Lands in the performance of his duty or office has been lost and it is desired to replace it by the issue of a duplicate, it shall be lawful for the Director of Lands in the performance of his duty or office, upon a satisfactory explanation as to the loss and upon payment of a fee of $5, in each case, to issue a duplicate of the permit or licence so lost to any person deemed by him to be entitled thereto. 
(G.N.A. 188 of 1949; L.N. 76 of 1982; L.N. 94 of 1986; L.N. 291 of 1993)

### Forestry Regulations 《林務規例》

1. These regulations may be cited as the Forestry Regulations.

2. No person shall without lawful excuse sell, offer for sale, or have in his possession or under his custody or control any portion of any of the following plants—         Scientific Name  English CommonName (forinformation only)  Chinese CommonName (forinformation only)   1. Ailanthus fordii

3. Regulation 2 shall not apply to plants grown outside Hong Kong or on any land held from the Government under a lease, licence or permit or by virtue of an Ordinance. 
(L.N. 135 of 1993; 29 of 1998 s. 105)

12. (1) Any person who acts in contravention of regulation 2 shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable to a fine at level 4. (L.N. 135 of 1993; E.R. 6 of 2021) 
(2) (Repealed L.N. 135 of 1993)(G.N.A. 75 of 1951)

### Fire Services Department (Reports and Certificates) Regulations 《消防處(報告及證明書)規例》

1. Citation
These regulations may be cited as the Fire Services Department (Reports and Certificates) Regulations.

2. Authority to issue reports or certificates
The Director may make, and with the consent of the Chief Secretary for Administration, given either generally or in any particular case, issue to any person applying therefor in writing and upon payment of the appropriate fee prescribed by these regulations,— (L.N. 362 of 1997)
(a) a report on any fire or other calamity attended by the Fire Services Department;
(b) a report on any damage caused by fire to any premises, vessel or other property;
(c) a report or a certificate relating to the structure or condition of any premises, vessel or other property, in relation to fire risks or fire precautions.
(L.N. 127 of 1987)