### Post Office Regulations 《郵政署規例》

17. Unregistered postal packets found to contain banknotes, used or unused postage stamps, cheques payable to bearer or uncrossed postal orders or postal notes shall be subject to compulsory registration and shall be charged a registration fee of $31 for each such packet. 
(L.N. 116 of 1967; L.N. 184 of 1981; L.N. 270 of 1975; L.N. 60 of 1985; 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)

18. (1) In this regulation—
cash on delivery parcel (代收貨價包裹) means a parcel that is sent by a person (sender

### Post Office Regulations 《郵政署規例》

21. The fee for insurance shall be $2.50 for each $500 or part thereof. The right to insure, the limits up to which insurance may be effected, and the right to compensation in case of loss or damage, shall be subject in all respects to the provision of the Postal Guide. In this regulation, Postal Guide

22. The selling price of an International reply coupon shall be $19. 
(L.N. 270 of 1975; L.N. 184 of 1981; L.N. 60 of 1985; L.N. 191 of 1988; L.N. 418 of 1993; L.N. 151 of 1995; L.N. 214 of 2015)

### Post Office Regulations 《郵政署規例》

23. (1) The Business Reply Envelope and Card system mentioned in this regulation enables a person to obtain transmission, through the post, without prepayment of postage, of envelopes and cards addressed to himself which he may distribute inclosed with advertising or other matter. 
(2) A person desiring the facilities for transmission through the local post or for transmission to Hong Kong through the post from a place outside Hong Kong afforded by the Business Reply Envelope and Card system must first obtain a separate licence from Postmaster General. (L.N. 122 of 1991; 23 of 1998 s. 2) 
(3) The fee for a licence is $150. (L.N. 270 of 1975; L.N. 184 of 1981; L.N. 60 of 1985; L.N. 191 of 1988; L.N. 418 of 1993; L.N. 151 of 1995; L.N. 214 of 2015) 
(4) Complete printed proofs of the envelopes or cards must be forwarded to the Postmaster General for approval and must conform to the terms and conditions specified in the licence. (L.N. 122 of 1991; L.N. 27 of 1997) 
(5) The postage due on such cards and envelopes transmitted to the licensee will be calculated at prepaid rates applicable to such articles and will be collected from him on delivery, together with a surcharge of 70 cents for each article delivered. (L.N. 270 of 1975; L.N. 67 of 1978; L.N. 60 of 1985; L.N. 191 of 1988; L.N. 418 of 1993; L.N. 151 of 1995; L.N. 214 of 2015) 
(6) Business reply envelopes and cards cannot be sent by registered post or recorded delivery or be insured. (L.N. 27 of 1997; L.N. 214 of 2015) 
(7) Without prejudice to any other penalties prescribed in the Ordinance, the licence will be liable to cancellation in the event of default in payment of postage due on such cards and envelopes as are transmitted to the licensee through the post. 
(L.N. 122 of 1991)

### Post Office Regulations 《郵政署規例》

23A. (1) The Postmaster General may provide the Freepost service mentioned in this regulation. The Freepost service enables a person to obtain transmission through the local post, without prepayment of postage, of envelopes and cards sent to him.
(2) A person desiring the facilities afforded by the Freepost service must—
(a) first obtain a licence from the Postmaster General which specifies a Freepost number and a Freepost format; and
(b) observe the terms and conditions specified in such licence.
(2A) The fee for a licence is $98. (L.N. 214 of 2015)
(3) Freepost envelopes and cards must conform to the Freepost format and the terms and conditions specified in the licence referred to in subregulation (2).
(4) The postage due on such envelopes and cards transmitted to a person licensed to use the Freepost service will be calculated at prepaid rates applicable to such envelopes and cards and will be collected from him on or after delivery, together with a surcharge of 80 cents for each envelope or card delivered.
(5) Freepost envelopes and cards cannot be sent by registered post or recorded delivery or be insured.
(6) Without prejudice to any other penalties prescribed in the Ordinance, a licence referred to in subregulation (2) will be liable to cancellation in the event of default in payment of postage or surcharge due on Freepost envelopes and cards transmitted.
(L.N. 178 of 1999; L.N. 214 of 2015)

25. If the Postmaster General is of the opinion that the delivery of telegrams and postal articles cannot readily be effected at any place without danger to the officers of the Post Office or because there are not at such place proper facilities for the receipt of telegrams and postal articles, he may suspend delivery at such place for such period as he may think fit upon giving notice of such suspension either by leaving the same with any adult person at such place or by causing the same to be inserted in a daily newspaper published in Hong Kong. 
(1 of 1987 s. 8)

26. The sender of a parcel may be required to prove his identity and it shall be lawful for the Postmaster General or any officer of the Post Office authorized in that behalf to refuse a parcel the sender of which has after being so required failed to submit such proof. 

27. The sender of a parcel or of a small packet referred to in these regulations addressed to a place outside Hong Kong must make a customs declaration stating the full address, the nature, value and the net weight of the contents. 
(1 of 1987 s. 8)