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

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

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.