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Post Office.
CHAPTER 98.
POST OFFICE.
To amend the law relating to the Post Office.
[1st July, 1926.]
[CAP. 98
Originally 7 of 1926, Fraser
7 of 1926.
22 of 1940.
9 of 1941.
52 of 1948.
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Post Office Ordinance.
Short title.
(1) In this Ordinance-
"clubbed packet" means a packet containing a collection of Chinese letters made up by any person not being an officer of the Post Office and transmitted by post with a view to the letters enclosed in such packet being delivered to more than one person through the agent of the person by whom the packet was made up; "contract ship" means any ship which is under contract with the Postmaster General, or with His Majesty's Postmaster General, or with the postal authority of any British possession or British protectorate, or with the postal authority of any foreign state which is a member of the Universal Postal Union, for the conveyance of mails, for more than one voyage;
"letter" includes every communication from one person or body of persons to another person or body of persons, sent on any material, by means of any words or other signs, however produced on such material so sent;
Interpretation.
c. 48, s. 89.
"mail bag" means any bag, basket, box, parcel, or other envelope or covering, in which postal articles in course of transmission by post are conveyed, whether it does or does not contain any such postal article;
"master of a ship" includes every person (except a pilot) having command or charge of a ship;
c. 48, s. 89.
c. 48, s. 89.
"officer of the Post Office" includes the Postmaster General and every other person employed in any business of the Postal Department or on behalf of the Postal Department;
(2), (3).]
"person", except so far as relates to the imposition of the penalty of imprisonment, includes a body corporate and a firm;
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Post Office.
CHAPTER 98.
POST OFFICE.
To amend the law relating to the Post Office.
[1st July, 1926.]
[CAP. 98
Originally 7 of 1926, Fraser
7 of 1926.
22 of 1940.
9 of 1941.
52 of 1948.
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Post Office Short title. Ordinance.
(1) In this Ordinance-
"clubbed packet" means a packet containing a collection of Chinese letters made up by any person not being an officer of the Post Office and transmitted by post with a view to the letters inclosed in such packet being delivered to more than one person through the agent of the person by whom the packet was made up; 'contract ship" means any ship which is under contract with the Postmaster General, or with His Majesty's Postmaster General, or with the postal authority of any British possession or British protectorate, or with the postal authority of any foreign state which is a member of the Universal Postal Union, for the conveyance of mails, for more than one voyage;
"letter" includes every communication from one person or body of persons to another person or body of persons, sent on any material, by means of any words or other signs, however produced on such material so sent;
Interpretation.
c. 48, s. 89.
"mail bag" means any bag, basket, box, parcel, or other 8 Edw. 7,
envelope or covering, in which postal articles in course of transmission by post are conveyed, whether it does or does not contain any such postal article;
"master of a ship" includes every person (except a pilot) 8 Edw. 7.
having command or charge of a ship;
c. 48, s. 89.
c. 48, s. 89.
"officer of the Post Office" includes the Postmaster General 8 Edw. 7.
and every other person employed in any business of the Postal Department or on behalf of the Postal Depart- ment;
(2), (3).]
"person", except so far as relates to the imposition of the [ef. 9. 87
penalty of imprisonment, includes a body corporate and a firm;
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