Postal Services Act · 2024 Revised Edition · Part · Postal Services and Postal Systems
21. Postage stamps
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan may cause postage stamps to be provided of such kinds and denoting such values as His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan may think necessary for the purposes of this
postage
“postage” means the fee chargeable for the transmission by post of postal articles;
Act.
No person other than the Authority or a public postal licensee may cause postage stamps that bear the word “Negara Brunei Darussalam” in any language to be provided.
Authority
“Authority” means the Authority for Info-communications Technology Industry of Brunei Darussalam established by section 3 of the Authority for Info-communications Technology Industry of Brunei Darussalam Order, 2001;
Any postage stamp provided under this section shall be used for the prepayment of postage or other fees or sums chargeable under this Act in respect of any postal articles to be conveyed or delivered by or through the
postage stamp
“postage stamp” means any label or stamp for denoting any postage or other sum payable in respect of a postal article, and includes any adhesive postage stamp or stamp printed, impressed or otherwise indicated on a postal article, whether the postage stamp is issued under this Act or by the government of any other country;
Authority or the public postal licensee, except where the Authority or the public postal licensee determine that prepayment may be made in some other manner.
public postal licensee
“public postal licensee” means a person designated by the Authority under section 9;
All philatelic archival materials produced by a public postal licensee shall belong to the Government, and all philatelic archival materials shall be kept in such custody as the Government directs.
In subsection (4), “philatelic archival material” includes —
philatelic stamps;
any other materials as the Minister may, after consulting the
Authority, specify.
Any person who contravenes subsection (3) is guilty of an offence.
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Terms defined in s 2
Authority
Defined · s 2“Authority” means the Authority for Info-communications Technology Industry of Brunei Darussalam established by section 3 of the Authority for Info-communications Technology Industry of Brunei Darussalam Order, 2001;
postage
Defined · s 2“postage” means the fee chargeable for the transmission by post of postal articles;
postage stamp
Defined · s 2“postage stamp” means any label or stamp for denoting any postage or other sum payable in respect of a postal article, and includes any adhesive postage stamp or stamp printed, impressed or otherwise indicated on a postal article, whether the postage stamp is issued under this Act or by the government of any other country;
public postal licensee
Defined · s 2“public postal licensee” means a person designated by the Authority under section 9;
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