Post Office

Cap. 228 · Revised Edition 2020 · 52 sections

s. 1Short title
s. 2Interpretation
s. 3Appointment of postmasters
s. 4General and district post offices
s. 5Declaration to be taken
s. 6Privilege of conveying letters, etc., vested in the Postmaster General. Certain cases excepted
s. 7Authority to examine newspapers, parcels or book-packets
s. 8Detention by Postmaster General of letters, etc., which in his opinion contain dutiable goods
s. 9Registration of postal packets
s. 10Government’s liability for loss of foreign postal packet
s. 11Government’s liability for loss of inland postal packet
s. 12Government’s liability in connection with postal packets
s. 13Adherence to insurance agreement of Postal Union
s. 14Regulations
s. 15Payment of compensation
s. 16Power to enter into agreements
s. 17Power to make regulations
s. 18Payment of compensation
s. 19Compensation for loss or damage in parcel post
s. 20Stamps
s. 21Prepayment by stamps
s. 22Letters prepaid, unpaid, short paid
s. 23Government correspondence exempted from inland postage
s. 24Persons exempted from duties of postage
s. 25Postage duties, how recovered
s. 26Gratuities to masters for conveyance of mails
s. 27Delivery by master at destination
s. 28Declaration. Certain offences by master. Penalties
s. 29Quarantine letters
s. 30Penalty for master, etc., knowingly carrying letter not exempted from postage
s. 31Power of customs officer to search for and seize letters
s. 32Penalty for master opening mail bag, etc
s. 33Penalties for performing stated service otherwise than through post
s. 34Post Office employee opening or delaying delivery of packet, etc
s. 35Stealing, etc., of postal packet
s. 36Stealing out of packet
s. 37Stealing or unlawfully taking away packet, etc. Stopping mail with intent, etc
s. 38Stealing from postal packet
s. 39Handling mail bag or postal packet
s. 40Fraudulent retention or secretion of mail bag or postal packet
s. 41Criminal diversion of letters from addressee
s. 42Accessories before the fact
s. 43Offences triable summarily with consent of accused person
s. 44Certain offences such as endangering bag, etc. Penalty
s. 45Falsely representing to be owner or consignee
s. 46Sending, etc., controlled drugs and dangerous goods by post
s. 47Knowingly sending, etc., dangerous or offensive matter
s. 48Issuing postal order or postal money order fraudulently, etc
s. 49Penalties, how recovered
s. 50Minister to make regulations
s. 51Property may be laid in Postmaster General
s. 52Publication in Gazette