Postal Services Act · 2024 Revised Edition · Part · Postal Services and Postal Systems
23. Recovery of postage and other sums due in respect of postal articles
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Where any postage or other fee or sum is not prepaid or fully prepaid in respect of a postal article posted for delivery in
postage
“postage” means the fee chargeable for the transmission by post of postal articles;
Brunei Darussalam, a public postal licensee is entitled to be paid, as a condition of delivery, such fee, in addition to the amount of the postage or of the deficient postage payable in respect of the delivery of the article, as is payable in accordance with a determination made by the Authority.
public postal licensee
“public postal licensee” means a person designated by the Authority under section 9;
The official mark or label on a postal article denoting that any postage or other fee or sum is due in respect thereof to a public postal licensee or to the authority of any foreign country shall be prima facie evidence that the postage or other fee or sum denoted is so due.
postal article
“postal article” means any article or thing transmissible by post, but does not include such article or thing as the Authority may prescribe to be not transmissible by post;
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;
postal article
Defined · s 2“postal article” means any article or thing transmissible by post, but does not include such article or thing as the Authority may prescribe to be not transmissible by post;
public postal licensee
Defined · s 2“public postal licensee” means a person designated by the Authority under section 9;
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