### Post Office Ordinance 《郵政署條例》

36. Evidence
(1) In any proceeding for the recovery of any postage or other sum alleged to be due under this Ordinance in respect of any postal packet and in any prosecution under this Ordinance—
(a) the production of a postal article having thereon what appears to be any official mark of any postal authority shall until the contrary is proved be prima facie evidence of any fact stated in or indicated by such mark;
(b) the person from whom any postal article purports to have come shall until the contrary is proved be deemed to be the sender thereof, and
(c) any statement contained in any document produced from the custody of the Postmaster General which purports to be made by any postal authority shall be admissible in evidence and shall until the contrary is proved be deemed to be true. (Amended 23 of 1998 s. 2) [cf. 1908 c. 48 ss. 8 & 9 U.K.]
(2) In any proceedings for an offence under section 27 of this Ordinance, section 29(4) of the Theft Ordinance (Cap. 210) shall apply as it is expressed to apply to proceedings for the theft of anything in the course of transmission. (Added 21 of 1970 Second Schedule) [cf. 1968 c. 60 Sch. 2 Pt. I para. 11 U.K.]

### Post Office Ordinance 《郵政署條例》

37. Offences
(1) Every person who—
(a) acts in contravention of or fails to comply with any provision of this Ordinance or of any regulation made thereunder; or 
(b) acts in contravention of or fails to comply with any condition of any licence issued under this Ordinance or under any regulation made thereunder; or 
(c) attempts to commit an offence against this Ordinance, or solicits or incites another person to commit any such offence or attempts to solicit or incite another person to commit any such offence, or aids, abets, counsels or procures the commission of any such offence, [cf. 1908 c. 48 s. 69 U.K.] 

shall be deemed to commit an offence against this Ordinance. 
(2) Where the person convicted of an offence under this Ordinance is a company or other body corporate, the chairman and every director and every officer concerned in the management of the company or other body corporate shall, unless he proves that the act or omission constituting the offence took place without his knowledge and consent, be guilty of the like offence and shall notwithstanding the provisions of section 2(1) be liable to all the penalties and consequences to which a natural person is liable upon conviction of the said offence. 
(3) Where the person convicted of an offence under this Ordinance is a firm, every partner in the firm and every person concerned in the management of the firm shall, unless he proves that the act or omission constituting the offence occurred without his knowledge and consent, be guilty of the like offence and shall notwithstanding the provisions of section 2(1) be liable to all the penalties and consequences to which a natural person is liable upon conviction of the said offence.

### Post Office Ordinance 《郵政署條例》

38. Penalties
(1) Any person who contravenes any of the provisions of—
(a) section 24 commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine at level 2 and to imprisonment for 6 months; or
(b) section 16, 17, 18, 26, 28, 29 or 33 commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine at level 4 and to imprisonment for 2 years; or
(c) section 32D commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine of $200,000 and to imprisonment for 3 years. (Replaced 46 of 1992 s. 7) 
(2) Any person who commits an offence under section 32A is liable—
(a) on summary conviction to a fine at level 4 and to imprisonment for 2 years; and
(b) on conviction upon indictment to a fine and to imprisonment for 7 years. (Replaced 46 of 1992 s. 7)
(3) Any person who commits an offence against this Ordinance for which no penalty is otherwise provided shall be liable to a fine at level 4 and to imprisonment for 6 months. (Replaced 46 of 1992 s. 7)
(4) (Repealed 46 of 1992 s. 7)(5) If any act or default is a contravention of more than one of the said sections or subsections, the offender may be prosecuted, convicted and punished under any one of the said sections or subsections.
(6) In the case of a conviction involving a fine the court or magistrate inflicting such fine may direct, on the application of the Postmaster General or other officer conducting the prosecution, that any part not exceeding one half thereof shall be paid to any person who has given such information as has led to the conviction of the offender or offenders, or, if there are more than one such person, may direct such part to be divided amongst them in such proportion as the court or magistrate may direct. (Added 9 of 1941 s. 2)
(Amended E.R. 2 of 2012)

39. Limitation of time
Notwithstanding the provisions of any enactment which prescribes the time within which proceedings for an offence punishable upon a summary conviction may be commenced, any summary proceedings for an offence under this Ordinance may be commenced within one year after the offence was committed.

### Post Office Regulations 《郵政署規例》

1. These regulations may be cited as the Post Office Regulations.

2. In any government notification specifying the postage rates for the time being in force, and in these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—

philatelic products (集郵物品) include—
(a) mint stamps; 
(b) souvenir sheets; 
(c) definitive stamp sheets; 
(d) first day covers with stamps affixed and stamped postmarks; and 
(e) souvenir covers with stamps affixed and stamped postmarks; (L.N. 27 of 1997) 

printed paper (印刷品) means a document, which is reproduced on paper, cardboard or other materials commonly used in printing, and which is produced in several identical copies by means of a mechanical or photographic process, involving the use of a block, stencil or negative. (L.N. 122 of 1991) 
(L.N. 68 of 1971; L.N. 122 of 1991)

4. The maximum weight for the following postal articles shall be—          MaximumWeight   (a) Letters for any destination  2 kg   (b)  Printed papers      (i) Inland  1 kg    (ii) Destination elsewhere  2 kg   (c) Small packets for any destination  2 kg   (d) Literature for the blind posted as such to any destination  7 kg   (e) (Repealed L.N. 270 of 1975)     (f) Books for destinations outside Hong Kong  5 kg 

(L.N. 68 of 1971; L.N. 176 of 1980; L.N. 122 of 1991; 23 of 1998 s. 2)