Compulsory registration

(1) Subject to the provisions of these Regulations, every packet marked with the word “registered”, or otherwise obviously intended to be registered, but not posted in the manner prescribed by these Regulations– (a) if the registration fee thereon has been prepaid, shall be registered before the same is forwarded, and may be detained for that purpose until the ordinary despatch of packets next after that, by which such packet would otherwise be forwarded; and (b) if the registration fee has not been prepaid, shall be subjected to compulsory registration, if an inland item, and charged on delivery with a registration fee of five cents less any amount prepaid in excess of the postage. If a postal packet addressed to a place abroad it shall be detained and returned to the sender. (2) Every outgoing postal packet (other than a small packet) which contains coin, bank-notes, currency notes, and securities of any kind payable to bearer, platinum, gold or silver, manufactured or not, precious stones, jewels or other precious articles, and which is addressed to a country to which such articles are transmissible by post, shall be registered, and, if posted without registration, shall be returned to the sender. (3) Every incoming postal packet (other than a small packet) which contains coin, bank-notes, currency notes and securities of any kind payable to bearer, platinum, gold or silver, manufactured or not, precious stones, jewels or other precious articles, and which is not registered, shall be treated in accordance with the rules for the time being in force with respect to a similar inland postal packet.