Post Office Regulations

Cap. 228s01 · Revised Edition 2020 · 188 sections

s. 1Citation
s. 2Interpretation
s. 3Prepayment of postage
s. 4Mode of payment
s. 5Postage on board ship
s. 6Position of stamp
s. 7Postal Packets on which postage not paid
s. 8Packing
s. 9Prohibitions
s. 10Treatment of irregular packets
s. 11Stamped Stationery
s. 12Inland Postage Rates
s. 13Inland air mail
s. 14Weight and dimensions
s. 15Undeliverable inland postal packets to be returned to sender
s. 16Special conditions as to postcards and printed matter
s. 17Undeliverable postal packets returned from abroad
s. 18Packets found to contain jewellery and liable to registration fee
s. 19Insufficiently prepaid letters
s. 20Official Correspondence
s. 21Application of Commonwealth and Foreign Post Regulations
s. 22Rates of postage
s. 23Articles grouped together in one packet
s. 24Late fee postal packets
s. 25Limits of weight and size
s. 26Postcards
s. 27Reply Paid Postcards
s. 28Conditions of posting
s. 29Small Packets
s. 30Printed Papers
s. 31Despatch of certain printed papers
s. 32Commercial Papers
s. 33Sample Packets
s. 34Literature for the Blind
s. 35Posting of air mail packets
s. 36Air Letters
s. 37Conditions of re-direction
s. 38Express delivery fee on outgoing packets
s. 39Delivery of incoming packets by special messenger
s. 40Packets which may be registered
s. 41Rules as to Registration
s. 42Advice of delivery
s. 43Compulsory registration
s. 44Compensation for loss
s. 45Compensation for loss or damage to bulk items
s. 46Interpretation
s. 47Rules as to insured letters and parcels
s. 48Certificate of posting
s. 49Insured value
s. 50Advice of delivery
s. 51Enquiries
s. 52Redirection
s. 53Packing and make-up
s. 54Items must be sealed
s. 55Packing for parcels
s. 56Insurance Fees& Limit of Compensation
s. 57Conditions of insured letters and parcels
s. 58Weight and Dimensions
s. 59Rates of Postage and Insurance fee
s. 60Compensation may be paid out of aids provided
s. 61Demurrage Enquiry and Clearance fees
s. 62Rates for inland parcels
s. 63Limits of weight and size for inland parcels
s. 64Method of posting
s. 65Inland Parcels irregularly posted
s. 66Certificate of posting
s. 67Method of addressing
s. 68Certain articles may be posted as parcels only
s. 69Mode of packing certain articles
s. 70Conditions of re-direction
s. 71Undeliverable inland parcels
s. 72Compensation - unregistered inland parcels
s. 73Rates of Postage
s. 74Registration and Insurance
s. 75Conditions for Commonwealth and foreign parcels
s. 76Mode of posting
s. 77Treatment of parcels posted in letter boxes
s. 78Return and disposal of undelivered parcels
s. 79Treatment of irregularly posted parcels
s. 80Article posted contrary to regulation 9(p)
s. 81Application of inland parcel regulations
s. 82Re-direction
s. 83Compensation - Insured parcels; registered parcels (U.S.A only); (i) Unregistered Parcels
s. 84Cash on Delivery parcels
s. 85Fee etc., for cash on delivery parcels
s. 86Duties of sender
s. 87Delivery on cash on delivery parcels
s. 88Payment to sender of trade charge collected
s. 89Application for trade charge
s. 90Certificate of Posting
s. 91Re-direction of cash on delivery parcels
s. 92Declaration by sender
s. 93Green labels to be placed on letter packets and small packets
s. 94Restriction on posting articles of merchandise
s. 95Packets subject to inspection
s. 96Certain packets to be sent to Comptroller of Customs
s. 97Entry to be made by addressee of AD VALOREM goods
s. 98Effect of failure of addressee to make entry
s. 99Postmaster General’s obligations where duty payment refused
s. 100Disposal of postal packet delivered to the Comptroller
s. 101Poste Restante
s. 102Where no delivery articles dealt with as Poste Restante
s. 103Poste Restante only for strangers and travellers
s. 104Certain articles deemed undeliverable
s. 105Identification of applicant for postal packet
s. 106Time of retention in Poste Restante
s. 107Private Letter Boxes
s. 108Private letter
s. 109Deposit for key
s. 110Method of address
s. 111Box may not be transferred
s. 112Mis-sorted or mis-delivered correspondence
s. 113Damage to private box by renter
s. 114Power to refuse to allot box
s. 115Loss of key
s. 116Bulky correspondence
s. 117Clearing of box
s. 118Stocks of stamps
s. 119Private Letter Bags
s. 120International Reply Coupons
s. 121Commonwealth Reply Coupons
s. 122Maximum number of coupons to be sold, etc
s. 123Service to Philatelists
s. 124Criteria for publication
s. 125Rates of Exchange for British Postal Orders
s. 126Foreign Money Orders
s. 127Offices transacting Money Order business
s. 128Commission on Money Orders
s. 129Form
s. 130Limit for foreign money orders
s. 131How amounts to be expressed
s. 132Requisition for foreign money orders
s. 133Postmaster General not responsible for consequences of defects
s. 134Issue of money order
s. 135Revoked by S.I. 4 of 1975
s. 136Regulations of country of payment to apply
s. 137Irregular use of money order service
s. 138Validity of money orders payable abroad
s. 139Payment at Post Offices
s. 140Application for postal identity card
s. 141Form of postal identity card
s. 142Keeping of register
s. 143Method of payment
s. 144Payment through bank
s. 145Illiterate payee
s. 146Non-liability of Postmaster General
s. 147Advice of payment of money order
s. 148Payment transferred to another office
s. 149Loss of money order
s. 150Indemnity to be given
s. 151Procedure for stopping payment of a money order
s. 152Repayment order
s. 153Void order
s. 154Repayment of money order not be effected until authorised
s. 155Expiration of money orders issued abroad
s. 156Extent of Service
s. 157Fee payable
s. 158Remitter may send private communication in advice telegram
s. 159Full address to be furnished
s. 160Poste Restante
s. 161Advice of payment
s. 162Offices issuing Telegraph Money Orders
s. 163Offices paying Telegraph Money Orders
s. 164Regulations to apply to telegraph order
s. 165Non-liability of Postmaster General
s. 166Offices transacting Money Order
s. 167Maximum amount of order
s. 168Application for orders
s. 169Payment of order
s. 170Duplicate orders
s. 171Foreign money order regulations to apply
s. 172Offices transacting postal order business
s. 173Denominations of British postal orders
s. 174Poundage payable
s. 175Extension of value by postage stamps
s. 176Validity
s. 177Non-Liability of Postmaster General
s. 178Payments to the public
s. 179Presenter to sign personally
s. 180Erasure or alteration on postal order a bar to payment
s. 181Repayment to sender
s. 182Offices transacting inland postal order business
s. 183Commission
s. 184Payment
s. 185Additional commission payable after three months
s. 186Validity
s. 187Non-liability of Postmaster General
s. 188Payment of lost order