CAP. 98]
Post Office
1 of 1987,59 17198753
Originally
7 of 1926.
#offes
(Cap. 98, 1950 Ed.)
33 of 1939.
22 of 1940.
9 of 1941.
52 of 1948. 21 of 1970.
34 of 1971.
CHAPTER 98
POST OFFICE
To amend the law relating to the Post Office.
81 of 1975.
31 of 1981.
1 of 1987.
[1987 Ed.
[1 July 1926.]
Short title.
Interpretation.
1908 c. 48, s. 89.
1908 c. 48, s. 89.
1908 c. 48, s. 89.
[cf. s. 37(2), (3).]
1908 c. 48, s. 89.
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Post Office Ordinance.
2. (1) In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires--
"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 Her 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;
"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;
"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;
"person", except so far as relates to the imposition of the penalty of imprisonment, includes a body corporate and a firm;
"Post Office" includes every house, building, room, vessel, carriage and place used for the purposes of the Postal Department, and every post office letter box;
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CAP. 98]
Post Office
1 of 1987,59 17198753
Originally
7 of 1926.
#offes
(Cap. 98, 1950 Ed.)
33 of 1939.
22 of 1940.
9 of 1941.
52 of 1948. 21 of 1970.
34 of 1971.
CHAPTER 98
POST OFFICE
To amend the law relating to the Post Office.
81 of 1975.
31 of 1981.
1 of 1987.
[1987 Ed.
[1 July 1926.]
Short title.
Interpretation.
1908 c. 48, s. 89.
1908 c. 48, s. 89.
1908 c. 48, s. 89.
[cf. s. 37(2), (3).]
1908 c. 48, s. 89.
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Post Office Ordinance.
2. (1) In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires--
"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 Her Majesty's Postmaster Gen- eral, 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;
"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;
"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;
"person", except so far as relates to the imposition of the penalty of
imprisonment, includes a body corporate and a firm;
"Post Office" includes every house, building, room, vessel, carriage and place used for the purposes of the Postal Department, and every post office letter box;
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