Post Office Act · s 71

Suggest a correction

Tell us what is wrong in this text. We check every suggestion against the official version before we change anything.

What is wrong?Wrong or mistyped wordsWrong structure or numberingWrong title or detailsText that appears twice

What should change, and whyUp to 2,000 characters.The text as it should read (optional)Edit the text above. Up to 20,000 characters.Where you checked it (optional)A link to the official version, if you have one.

The text as we hold it

Open the official text

s 71Penalty for detention of postal articles on board vessel arriving in port

(1)

Any person who, being either the master of a contract carrier or a vessel arriving at any port or place in Brunei Darussalam, or anyone on board, knowingly has in his possession or custody, after the postal articles or any of them have been sent to the post office at the port or place of arrival, any postal article within the exclusive privilege conferred on the Postmaster

General by section 5, is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine of $200 for every postal article.

(2)

Any person who, being such master or other person, detains any such postal article after demand made for it by an officer of the Department, is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine of $500 for every such postal article.