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(2) The Council’s power under subsection (1) shall be subject to any express requirement under this Ordinance for a licence or application under this Ordinance to comply with that requirement, but that requirement shall not restrict the exercise of that power in respect of the licence or application, as the case may be, to the extent that, in the opinion of the Council, its exercise of that power in respect of that licence or application, as the case may be, does not contravene that requirement.

(3) The Council’s power under subsection (1) may be exercised in such a way as to—

(a) include in a form specified under that subsection a statutory declaration—

(i) to be made by the person completing the form; and

(ii) as to whether the particulars contained in the form are true and correct to the best of that person’s knowledge and belief;

(b) specify 2 or more forms of any licence, application or other document referred to in that subsection, whether as alternatives, or to provide for particular circumstances or particular cases, as the Council thinks fit.

(4) A form specified under this section shall be—

(a) completed in accordance with such directions and instructions as are specified in the form;

(b) accompanied by such documents as are specified in the form; and

(c) if the completed form is required to be provided to—

(i) the Council;

(ii) another person on behalf of the Council; or

(iii) any other person,

so provided in the manner, if any, specified in the form.

43. Giving of notice

A notice (howsoever described) which under this Ordinance is required to be, or which may be, given to a person (howsoever described) shall, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, be deemed to be so given if—

(a) in the case of an individual, it is—

(i) delivered to him;

(ii) left at his last known address for service, or at his last known place of residence or business, in Hong Kong;

(iii) sent by post to him at his last known address for service, or at his last known postal address, in Hong Kong; or