Repealed2018 Revised EditionCurrent version · 2018 Revised EditionSee versions on Attorney General's Chambers(opens the publisher’s site)
Post Office Act · 2018 Revised Edition · Part · Conditions of Transmission of Postal Articles
Post Office Act · 2018 Revised Edition · Part · Conditions of Transmission of Postal Articles
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
When any officer of the Department not below the rank of
Controller or other officer of the Department to whom powers under this section have been expressly delegated by the Postmaster General —
shall have reason to believe that any postal article contains anything in respect of which an offence is being committed or is being attempted to be committed; or
is requested to do so by the Commissioner of Police or the
Controller of Customs, he shall require, by notice in writing, the attendance at the post office at a specified time of the addressee of such postal article, or of some agent deputed in writing by such addressee, and of person if any, who made the request, or his agent deputed in writing, and such postal article shall then be opened by the addressee or his agent in the presence of an officer of the
Department and of any other person named or referred to in the notice who attends.
If such addressee or his agent fails to attend in pursuance of the notice or refuses to open the article, the article shall be opened by the officer of the Department in the presence of any of the persons named or referred to in the notice who attends.
In all cases, a postal article after being opened under this section shall be tendered for delivery to the addressee unless it is required for the purpose of any further proceedings under this Act or any rules made thereunder or under any other written law.
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