### Post Office Regulations 《郵政署規例》

5. (1) A class of postal packets called “small packets” is authorized with the object of affording facilities, in the international service, for the transmission of small articles of merchandise in the letter mails. The exchange of small packets is limited to those countries which have agreed to participate in the service. 
(2) The prohibitions applicable to letter post shall apply also to the service of small packets. In addition, the following shall be specially excluded from transmission in small packets—
(a) (Repealed L.N. 122 of 1991) (b) coins; 
(c) banknotes; 
(d) currency notes; 
(e) negotiable instruments payable to bearer; 
(f) platinum, gold or silver, manufactured or not; 
(g) precious stones; 
(h) jewels and other valuable articles; 
(i) postage stamps, whether obliterated or not. 
(3) Small packets shall be sent in such a manner as to be easily examined. In addition, the name and address of the sender shall be shown on the outside of the packet and each packet shall be conspicuously marked SMALL PACKET in the top left-hand corner. (L.N. 68 of 1971)
(4) Small packets may be sent by registered post or recorded delivery but not insured. (L.N. 27 of 1997)

### Post Office Regulations 《郵政署規例》

7. The following postal packets shall be charged the same rates of postage as if they were letters—
(a) all postal packets which are closed to inspection except parcels; and 
(b) all postal packets (except small packets) which contain a letter. (L.N. 122 of 1991)

8. No postal packet shall contain any inclosure which is directed to a name and address different from the name and address borne on the cover and which is inclosed with the intention of evading postage. Any such inclosure may be taken out and may be forwarded to the addressee charged with separate postage. 

9. (1) Where the postage payable on any postal packet is required to be prepaid and has not been prepaid or has not been fully prepaid, the following surcharge shall be payable— (1 of 1987 s. 9) 
(a) in the case of a postal packet sent from a place outside Hong Kong, a fee of $4.00 in addition to the postage or the deficiency as the case may be; and (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; 23 of 1998 s. 2) 
(b) in the case of an inland postal packet, double the postage or double the deficiency as the case may be, 
save that in the case of a postal packet other than a letter, the Postmaster General may detain the packet and return it to the sender. 
(2) An air mail packet on which no part, or a part only, of the postage payable thereon has been prepaid may be dealt with as if it were not an air mail packet. 
(L.N. 270 of 1975)

10. Notwithstanding any alternative method of treatment and disposal of prohibited articles authorized by the Ordinance, it shall be lawful for the Postmaster General, or any officer of the Post Office authorized by him in that behalf, forthwith to destroy any postal packet and the contents thereof which may have been opened under the authority of section 10 or 12 of the Ordinance and the contents of which may be any obscene, immoral, indecent, offensive or libellous writing, picture or other thing.
(20 of 2006 s. 68)

### Post Office Regulations 《郵政署規例》

12. (1) Any parcel remaining unclaimed at the expiry of 7 days (excluding public holidays) from the posting of a notification of arrival shall be liable to a demurrage charge of $2.7 for each day that it remains unclaimed after the expiration of that period, with a minimum charge of $22. (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. 214 of 2015) 
(2) If a parcel sent through the post from a place outside Hong Kong is not collected within 2 months from the posting of a notification of arrival it may be returned to the sender or otherwise disposed of as the Postmaster General thinks fit. (L.N. 122 of 1991; 23 of 1998 s. 2) 
(2A) A parcel sent through the local post that remains uncollected within 14 days from the posting of a notification of arrival may be returned to the sender or otherwise disposed of as the Postmaster General thinks fit. (L.N. 122 of 1991) 
(3) All fees payable under this regulation shall be payable in cash in such manner as the Postmaster General may direct. 
(L.N. 270 of 1975)

### Post Office Regulations 《郵政署規例》

14. The fee for each of the following certificates of posting issued at the time of posting shall be $1.50 for each packet or parcel posted in respect of the relevant certificate of posting, and shall be payable in advance by means of postage stamps to the value of $1.50 affixed to that certificate, namely— (L.N. 214 of 2015)
(a) a certificate of posting of an unregistered postal packet; 
(b) a duplicate certificate of posting of a registered postal packet, a parcel or a recorded delivery postal packet. 
(L.N. 27 of 1997)

16. (1) The registration fee shall be $15.5 for each postal packet. (L.N. 151 of 1995; L.N. 147 of 2013) 
(2) The fee for requesting advice of delivery of a registered postal packet shall be $11. 
(3) (Repealed L.N. 270 of 1975) (4) The registration fee and the postage on a registered packet shall be prepaid. 
(G.N.A. 69 of 1948; L.N. 116 of 1967; L.N. 68 of 1971; L.N. 84 of 1975; L.N. 270 of 1975; L.N. 184 of 1981; L.N. 60 of 1985; L.N. 191 of 1988; L.N. 122 of 1991; L.N. 418 of 1993)

16A. (1) The recorded delivery fee shall be $14 for a postal packet. (L.N. 147 of 2013; L.N. 214 of 2015)
(2) The fee for requesting advice of delivery of a recorded delivery postal packet shall be $11. 
(3) The recorded delivery fee and the postage on a recorded delivery postal packet shall be prepaid. 
(L.N. 27 of 1997)