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4. Section 12 of the Principal Ordinance is hereby Repeals see- repealed and the following substituted therefor :-
tion 12 of the
Principal Ordinance and new section substituted there for.
» 12. The Governor may subject to any instruc- The Govern
tions from the Secretary of State for the or may make Colonies or from the Imperial Postmaster regulations. General from time to time, make, alter and repeal in relation to correspondence sent by post regulations for prohibiting the
convey- ance of such articles as he may think fit; for preventing the sending or delivery by post of seditious, indecent or obscene prints, paint- ings, photographs, lithographs, engravings,
books or cards or of other indecent or obscene articles, or of letters, newspapers, supplements, publications, packets or post cards having thereon or on the covers there- of any words, marks or designs of an inde- cent, obscene, libellous or grossly offensive character; and for prohibiting the receiv- ing in and delivery by the Post Office of correspondence containing or believed
to contain any lottery ticket or any adver- tisement of prizes or any other announces ment relating to any publie lottery sweep- stakes or other gambling transaction. Such regulations shall be published int he Gazette and shall have no effect until so published.”
5. The following shall be added to section 40 of the Adds new Principal Ordinance and numbered sub-section 3 :-
**(3.) In any proceedings for the recovery of postage or other smim in respect of postal packets-
(a.) The production of any postal packet in respect of which any such postage or sum is sought to be recovered having thereupon a Post Office stamp or any writing denoting that the packet has been refused or rejected, or that the addressee was dead or could not be found, shall be primá facie evidence of the fact denoted : and
(b) the person from whom any postal parket in respect of which any such postage or sum is sought to be re- covered purports to have come shall, until the contrary is proved. be deemed to be the sender of the packet.“
sub-section
to section 10 of the
Frincipal Ordinance
Post Office mark evi-
dence of refusal, etc.
les contain.
6. If the Postmaster General shall have reason to Power to believe that any postal article received from beyond the deal with limits of the Colony contains goods, the importation of postal arti- which is forbidden or restricted or anything liable to ing contra- duty or if he be so informed, he shall require by notice band goods. in writing the attendance at the Post Office, at a speci- fied time, of the addressee of such postal article or of some agent deputed in writing by such addressee and such postal article shall then be opened by the addressce or his agent in the presence of the Postmaster General or in the presence of an officer of the Post Office. If the addressee or his agent fail to attend in pursuance of the notification the article shall be opened by the Postmaster General and may be delivered to the ad- dressee or confiscated or otherwise dealt with as, subject to any Ordinance or regulation in force, he may think fit.