1987 Ed.]
Post Office
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8. The decision of the Postmaster General as to whether any postal packet is or contains a circular, a letter, a newspaper, a parcel, a postcard, a printed paper or literature for the blind, and any other decision of the Postmaster General as to the classification of any postal article, shall be final for all purposes.
(Amended, 34 of 1971, s. 2)
9. It shall be lawful for the Postmaster General in his discretion to decide any question as to the relative urgency of particular mails or particular classes of postal packets and to postpone the delivery or dispatch of any mails or postal packets to the delivery or dispatch of any more urgent mails or postal packets.
10. It shall be lawful for any officer of the Post Office to open-
(a) any postal packet upon which the prepayment of postage is compulsory and upon which the proper postage has not been paid; and
(b) any postal packet which is returned to the Post Office for want of a proper address or from inability to find the person to whom it is addressed or because the addressee refuses to accept it, or which in the opinion of the Postmaster General cannot for any other reason be delivered.
11. When any postal packet has been posted by mistake, or has been posted with wrong or deficient contents, it shall be lawful for the Postmaster General in his discretion to return such postal packet to the sender on payment of such fee (if any) as may be prescribed by regulation made under this Ordinance.
12. If the Postmaster General has reason to believe that any postal packet has been posted or sent by post in contravention of this Ordinance or of any regulation made thereunder, or that any postal packet whatsoever contains anything which may not legally be sent by post, or contains anything with respect to which or by means of which any offence whatsoever has been or is being committed or attempted, or contains any dutiable article, it shall be lawful for him to open such postal packet and to delay such postal packet and its contents.
13. (1) It shall be lawful for the Chief Secretary to grant a warrant authorizing the Postmaster General, or authorizing any or all the officers of the Post Office, to open and delay any specified postal packet or all postal packets of any specified class or all postal packets whatsoever.
(2) It shall be lawful for the Postmaster General to delay any postal packet for such time as may reasonably be necessary for the purpose of obtaining a warrant under this section.
Decision of Postmaster General as to classification of postal packets final.
1908 c. 48, s. 19.
Discretion as to relative urgency. 1908 c. 48, s. 15,
Postal packets which cannot be dispatched or delivered.
Postal packets posted by mistake or with
wrong or deficient contents.
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Postal packets which contravene the law, etc.
1908 c. 48, ss. 17 & 18.
Warrant of Chief Secretary for opening and delaying postal packets.
1987 Ed.]
Post Office
[CAP. 98
8. The decision of the Postmaster General as to whether any postal packet is or contains a circular, a letter, a newspaper, a parcel, a postcard, a printed paper or literature for the blind, and any other decision of the Postmaster General as to the classification of any postal article, shall be final for all purposes.
(Amended, 34 of 1971, s. 2)
9. It shall be lawful for the Postmaster General in his discre- tion to decide any question as to the relative urgency of particular mails or particular classes of postal packets and to postpone the delivery or dispatch of any mails or postal packets to the delivery or dispatch of any more urgent mails or postal packets.
10. It shall be lawful for any officer of the Post Office to open-
(a) any postal packet upon which the prepayment of postage is compulsory and upon which the proper postage has not been paid; and
(b) any postal packet which is returned to the Post Office for want of a proper address or from inability to find the person to whom it is addressed or because the addressee refuses to accept it, or which in the opinion of the Postmaster General cannot for any other reason be delivered.
11. When any postal packet has been posted by mistake, or has been posted with wrong or deficient contents, it shall be lawful for the Postmaster General in his discretion to return such postal packet to the sender on payment of such fee (if any) as may be prescribed by regulation made under this Ordinance.
12. If the Postmaster General has reason to believe that any postal packet has been posted or sent by post in contravention of this Ordinance or of any regulation made thereunder, or that any postal packet whatsoever contains anything which may not legally be sent by post, or contains anything with respect to which or by means of which any offence whatsoever has been or is being committed or attempted, or contains any dutiable article, it shall be lawful for him to open such postal packet and to delay such postal packet and its contents.
13. (1) It shall be lawful for the Chief Secretary to grant a warrant authorizing the Postmaster General, or authorizing any or all the officers of the Post Office, to open and delay any specified postal packet or all postal packets of any specified class or all postal packets whatsoever.
(2) It shall be lawful for the Postmaster General to delay any postal packet for such time as may reasonably be necessary for the purpose of obtaining a warrant under this section.
Decision of Postmaster General as to classification of postal packets final.
1908 c. 48, s. 19.
Discretion as to relative urgency. 1908 c. 48, s. 15,
Postal packets which cannot be dispatched or delivered.
Postal packets posted by mistake or with
wrong or deficient contents.
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Postal packets which contravene the law, etc.
1908 c. 48, ss. 17 & 18.
Warrant of Chief Secretary for opening and delaying postal packets.
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