Post Office Act · s 69

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s 69Penalty for master of vessel failing to comply with sections 44 and 45

Any person who —

(a)

being the master of a vessel, fails to comply with the provisions of section 44;

(b)

being the master of a contract carrier or a vessel, without reasonable excuse, the burden of proving which shall lie on him, fails

Post Office to deliver any mail bag or postal article, or to comply with the directions of the officer in charge of the post office at a port of arrival, as required by section 45(2); or

(c)

being the master of a contract carrier or a vessel, refuses or wilfully neglects, if in quarantine, to deliver any mail bag or postal article in his possession to the person appointed to receive it, is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine of $1,000.