SUBSID POST OFFICE CAP. 228 BELIZE
POST OFFICE ACT CHAPTER 228
REVISED EDITION 2003 SHOWING THE SUBSIDIARY LAWS AS AT 31ST OCTOBER, 2003
This is a revised edition of the Subsidiary Laws, prepared by the Law Revision Commissioner under the authority of the Law Revision Act, Chapter 3 of the Substantive Laws of Belize, Revised Edition 2000.
ARRANGEMENT OF SUBSIDIARY LAWS
BELIZE
POST OFFICE ACT CHAPTER 228
REVISED EDITION 2003 SHOWING THE SUBSIDIARY LAWS AS AT 31ST OCTOBER, 2003
This is a revised edition of the Subsidiary Laws, prepared by the Law Revision Commissioner under the authority of the Law Revision Act, Chapter 3 of the Substantive Laws of Belize, Revised Edition 2000.
This edition contains a consolidation of the following laws- Page
1. POST OFFICE REGULATIONS 4
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2. AIR MAIL RATES REGULATIONS 102
3. FOREIGN PARCEL POST RATES
REGULATIONS 114
4. POST OFFICE (POSTAL AGENCY)
REGULATIONS 131
5. POST OFFICE (QUEEN’S SQUARE)
REGULATIONS 136
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CHAPTER 228
POST OFFICE REGULATIONS
ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS
1. Short title.
DEFINITIONS
2. Interpretation.
PART I GENERAL
3. Prepayment of postage. 4. Mode of payment. 5. Postage on board ship. 6. Position of stamp. 7. Postal Packets on which postage not paid. 8. Packing 9. Prohibitions. 10. Treatment of irregular packets. 11. Stamped Stationery.
PART II INLAND POST (EXCEPT PARCELS)
12. Inland Postage Rates. 13. Inland air mail. 14. Weight and dimensions. 15. Undeliverable inland postal packets to be returned to sender. 16. Special conditions as to postcards and printed matter. 17. Undeliverable postal packets returned from abroad.
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18. Packets found to contain jewellery and liable to registration fee. 19. Insufficiently prepaid letters. 20. Official Correspondence. 21. Application of Commonwealth and Foreign Post Regulations.
PART III COMMONWEALTH AND FOREIGN POST
(EXCEPT PARCELS)
Rates of Postage and other Charges
22. Rates of postage. 23. Articles grouped together in one packet. 24. Late fee postal packets. 25. Limits of weight and size. 26. Postcards. 27. Reply Paid Postcards.
SPECIAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO SMALL PACKETS, PRINTED PAPERS, COMMERCIAL PAPERS,
SAMPLES OF MERCHANDISE AND LITERATURE FOR THE BLIND
28. Conditions of posting. 29. Small Packets. 30. Printed Papers. 31. Despatch of certain printed papers. 32. Commercial Papers. 33. Sample Packets. 34. Literature for the Blind.
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SPECIAL CONDITIONS AS TO AIR MAIL PACKETS
35. Posting of air mail packets. 36. Air Letters.
RE-DIRECTION
37. Conditions of re-direction.
EXPRESS DELIVERY
38. Express delivery fee on outgoing packets. 39. Delivery of incoming packets by special messenger.
REGISTRATION
40. Packets which may be registered. 41. Rules as to Registration. 42. Advice of delivery. 43. Compulsory registration. 44. Compensation for loss. 44:01 Compensation for loss or damage to bulk items.
INSURANCE FOR LETTERS AND PARCELS
45. Interpretation. 46. Rules as to insured letters and parcels. 47. Certificate of posting. 48. Insured value. 49. Advice of delivery. 50. Enquiries. 51. Redirection. 52. Packing and make-up.
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53. Items must be sealed. 53:01 Packing for parcels. 54. Insurance Fees& Limit of Compensation. 55. Conditions of insured letters and parcels. 56. Weight and Dimensions. 57. Rates of Postage and Insurance fee. 58. Compensation may be paid out of aids provided. 58:01 Demurrage Enquiry and Clearance fees. 59. Rates for inland parcels. 60. Limits of weight and size for inland parcels. 61. Method of posting. 62. Inland Parcels irregularly posted. 63. Certificate of posting. 64. Method of addressing. 65. Certain articles may be posted as parcels only. 66. Mode of packing certain articles. 67. Conditions of re-direction. 68. Undeliverable inland parcels. 69. Compensation - unregistered inland parcels.
COMMONWEALTH AND FOREIGN PARCEL POST
70. Rates of Postage. 71. Registration and Insurance. 72. Conditions for Commonwealth and foreign parcels. 73. Mode of posting. 74. Treatment of parcels posted in letter boxes. 75. Return and disposal of undelivered parcels. 76. Treatment of irregularly posted parcels. 77. Article posted contrary to regulation 9(p). 78. Application of inland parcel regulations. 79. Re-direction. 80. Compensation - Insured parcels; registered parcels (U.S.A ony);
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unregistered parcels. 81. Cash on Delivery parcels. 82. Fee etc., for cash on delivery parcels. 83. Duties of sender. 84. Delivery on cash on delivery parcels. 85. Payment to sender of trade charge collected. 86. Application for trade charge. 87. Certificate of Posting. 88. Re-direction of cash on delivery parcels.
MODIFICATION AND APPLICATION OF THE CUSTOMS LAWS AS REGARDS CERTAIN POSTAL ARTICLES
89. Declaration by sender. 90. Green labels to be placed on letter packets and small packets. 91. Restriction on posting articles of merchandise. 92. Packets subject to inspection. 93. Certain packets to be sent to Comptroller of Customs. 94. Entry to be made by addressee of AD VALOREM goods. 95. Effect of failure of addressee to make entry. 96. Postmaster General’s obligations where duty payment refused. 97. Disposal of postal packet delivered to the Comptroller.
PART V MISCELLANEOUS
(a) Poste Restante
98. Poste Restante. 99. Where no delivery articles dealt with as Poste Restante. 100. Poste Restante only for strangers and travellers. 101. Certain articles deemed undeliverable. 102. Identification of applicant for postal packet.
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103. Time of retention in Poste Restante.
(b) Private Letter Boxes and Bags
104. Private Letter Boxes. 104:01 Private letter. 104:02 Deposit for key. 105. Method of address. 106. Box may not be transferred. 107. Mis-sorted or mis-delivered correspondence. 108. Damage to private box by renter. 109. Power to refuse to allot box. 110. Loss of key. 111. Bulky correspondence. 111:01 Clearing of box. 112. Stocks of stamps. 113. Private Letter Bags.
(c) Reply Coupons
114. International Reply Coupons. 115. Commonwealth Reply Coupons. 116. Maximum number of coupons to be sold, etc.
(d) Postage Stamps
117. Service to Philatelists.
(e) Newspapers
117:01 Criteria for publication.
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PART VI MONEY ORDER AND POSTAL ORDER REGULATIONS
(a) General
118. Rates of Exchange for British Postal Orders. 119. Foreign Money Orders.
(b) Issue of Money Orders (British and Foreign)
120. Offices transacting Money Order business. 121. Commission on Money Orders. 122. Form. 123. Limit for foreign money orders. 124. How amounts to be expressed. 125. Requisition for foreign money orders. 126. Postmaster General not responsible for consequences of defects. 127. Issue of money order. 128. Revoked by S.I. 4 of 1975. 129. Regulations of country of payment to apply. 130. Irregular use of money order service. 131. Validity of money orders payable abroad. 132. Payment at Post Offices. 132:01 Application for postal identity card. 132:02 Form of postal identity card. 132:03 Keeping of register. 133. Method of payment. 134. Payment through bank. 135. Illiterate payee. 136. Non-liability of Postmaster General. 137. Advice of payment of money order. 138. Payment transferred to another office. 139. Loss of money order. 140. Indemnity to be given.
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141. Procedure for stopping payment of a money order. 142. Repayment order. 143. Void order. 144. Repayment of money order not be effected until authorised. 145. Expiration of money orders issued abroad.
(d) Telegraph Money Orders (Overseas)
146. Extent of Service. 147. Fee payable. 148. Remitter may send private communication in advice telegram. 149. Full address to be furnished. 150. Poste Restante. 151. Advice of payment. 152. Offices issuing Telegraph Money Orders. 153. Offices paying Telegraph Money Orders. 154. Regulations to apply to telegraph order. 155. Non-liability of Postmaster General.
(e) Issue and Payment of Inland Money Orders
156. Offices transacting Money Order. 157. Maximum amount of order. 158. Application for orders. 159. Payment of order. 160. Duplicate orders. 161. Foreign money order regulations to apply.
POSTAL ORDERS
(a) British
162. Offices transacting postal order business. 163. Denominations of British postal orders.
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164. Poundage payable. 165. Extension of value by postage stamps. 166. Validity. 167. Non-Liability of Postmaster General. 168. Payments to the public. 169. Presenter to sign personally. 170. Erasure or alteration on postal order a bar to payment. 171. Repayment to sender.
(b) Inland
172. Offices transacting inland postal order business. 173. Commission. 174. Payment. 175. Additional commission payable after three months. 176. Validity. 177. Non-liability of Postmaster General. 178. Payment of lost order.
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FIRST SCHEDULE ______________________________
SECOND SCHEDULE ______________________________
THIRD SCHEDULE ______________________________
FOURTH SCHEDULE ______________________________
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CHAPTER 228
POST OFFICE REGULATIONS (Sections 13, 17 and 50)
[31st December, 1966]
1. These Regulations may be cited as the
POST OFFICE REGULATIONS.
DEFINITIONS
2. (a) In these Regulations the expression:
“air mail packet” means an outgoing postal packet conveyed or intended to be conveyed at the request of the sender through any part of its course in the post by an air mail service;
Ch. 187. 81/1966. 60/1967. 43/1968. 38/ 1969. 22/1970. 37/1971. 56/1971. 23/ 1972. 56/ 1972. 35/ 1973. 48/1973. 4/1975. 21/1975. 43/ 1975. 3/1976. 51/1977. 68/1980. 1/1982. 33/1982. 21/1983. 32/1985. 8/ 1986. 24/ 1986. 160 of 1991. 179 of 2001. 180 of 2001. Short title.
Interpretation.
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“air mail service” means a service established by or under the direction of the Postmaster General for the conveyance of mails by air;
“coin of gold or silver” means coin of gold or silver whether or not current in the country or elsewhere;
“Commonwealth or foreign postal packet” means a postal packet addressed to or received from any place outside the inland service as defined in this sub-regulation; such packets may be referred to as “for abroad” or “from abroad”;
“fictitious postage stamps” means any facsimile, imitation or representation, (whether on paper or otherwise) of any stamp for the time being authorised or required to be used for the purpose of the Post Office or of any stamp denoting a current rate of postage of any country outside the country;
“gold bullion” means uncoined and unmanufactured gold;
“incoming” applied to a postal packet of any description means received at a Post Office in the country through the post;
“inland postal packet” means a postal packet posted within and addressed to a place in the country;
“letter” or “letter packet” means any postal packet other than a parcel, unless the contrary is specifically stated;
“Letter Post items” include letters, postcards, printed papers, literature for the blind and small packets;
“outgoing” applied to a postal packet of any description means a packet posted in the country for despatch through the post to a place either within or out of the country;
“parcel” means any postal packet treated, or intended to be treated, under the
37 of 1971.
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regulations of the parcel post;
“postal form” means a form issued by or under the authority of the Postmaster General;
“postal packet” or “packet” means anything that can be sent by post.
(b) The Interpretation Act shall apply for the purposes of the construction of these Regulations as it applies to the construction of an Act.
PART I GENERAL
3. Subject to the provisions of these Regulations the postage payable on every postal packet shall be fully prepaid by the sender.
4. Postage may be prepaid:
(a) by adhesive postage stamps; or
(b) by impressions of postal franking machines officially adopted and working under the immediate control of or by the permission of the Postmaster General;
(c) or by the use of a stamped envelope, cover, postcard, or other postal form; or
(d) by the use of an embossed or impressed stamp cut out of or otherwise detached from an envelope, cover, postcard, or other postal form; or
(e) on a printed packet, by a printed impression, or by any other process authorised by the Postmaster
Prepayment of postage.
Mode of payment.
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General; or
(f) in such other manner as may be prescribed:
Provided that:
(i) no stamp or impression of a stamping machine which is imperfect or mutilated or defaced in any way shall be used in payment or to denote payment of postage.
(ii) no stamp indicating on the face thereof payment of a registration fee as well as postage shall be used in payment of postage on any unregistered postal packet, and
(iii) packets bearing the impression of stamping machines and packets intended for impression by stamping machines shall be accepted only at such Post Offices as the Postmaster General thinks fit and within such hours, and under and subject to such rules, conditions and restrictions as shall be prescribed.
5. Postage on postal packets intended for delivery in this country and posted on a ship:
(a) on the high seas, shall, in the absence of special arrangement to the contrary between the Postal administrations concerned, be prepaid by means of the postage stamps and according to the postal tariff of the country in which such ship is registered
Postage on board ship.
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or, if chartered, by which it is chartered;
(b) in harbour, shall be prepaid by means of the postage stamps, and according to the postal tariff of the country in the territorial waters of which such ship is.
6. Where postage is prepaid the stamp or impression on the envelope, cover, postcard or other form shall be at the upper right hand corner of the address side.
7. (1) Subject to the provisions of these Regulations, any letter or postcard upon which no part, or a part only, of the postage payable thereon is prepaid shall be charged with double the amount of the deficient postage:
Provided that any reply postcard, upon the two portions of which no part or a part only, of the postage is prepaid, shall be detained and (as the case may be) returned or given up to the sender, or returned to the country of origin.
(2) Subject to the provisions of these Regulations any outgoing printed packet, commercial packet, small packet, sample packet, or packet consisting of literature for the blind upon which no part or a part only of the postage payable thereon is prepaid may be detained and returned, or given up to the sender, or be forwarded charged with double the amount of the deficient postage, as the Postmaster General may, in his discretion, direct.
(3) Any incoming printed packet, commercial packet, small packet, sample packet or packet consisting of literature for the blind upon which no part or a part only of the postage payable thereon is prepaid may be detained and returned to the country of origin or be forwarded charged with double the amount of the deficient postage, as the Postmaster General may, in his discretion, direct.
Position of stamp.
Postal Packets on which postage not paid.
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(4) The charge upon a postal packet upon which no part or part only of the postage payable thereon is prepaid shall not in any case be less than the sum of two cents.
8. Every postal packet shall be made up and secured in such manner as in the opinion of the Postmaster General is calculated to prevent injury to any other postal packet in course of conveyance, or to any receptacle in which the same is conveyed, or to an officer of the Post Office or other person who may deal with such packet, and where the Postmaster General has made any special rules in relation to the packing of any particular packet or article, such rules shall be observed.
9. There shall not be posted or conveyed or delivered by post any postal packet or parcel:
(a) consisting of or containing any indecent or obscene print, painting, photograph, cinematograph film, lithograph, engraving, book, card or written communication, or any indecent or obscene article, whether similar to the above or not; or
(b) having thereon or on the cover thereof any words, marks, or designs which are grossly offensive or of an indecent or obscene character; or
(c) consisting of or containing:
(i) opium, morphine, cocaine, or other narcotics, provided that such narcotics may be sent for medical or scientific purposes in insured boxes to countries which admit them when so sent;
Packing.
Prohibitions.
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(ii) any explosive or inflammable substance;
(iii) any dangerous substance;
(iv) any filth;
(v) any corrosive, noxious or deleterious substance;
(vi) any sharp instrument not properly protected;
(vii) any living animals, except:
(aa) bees, leeches and silkworms;
(bb) parasites and destroyers of noxious insects intended for the control of those insects and exchanged between officially recognised institutions;
(viii) any article or thing whatsoever which is likely to injure any other postal packet in course of conveyance or any receptacle in which the same is conveyed or an officer of the Post Office or other person who may deal with such packet; or
(d) containing:
(i) (Except in letter packets, parcels, printed packets, small packets, packets consisting of literature for the blind and insured boxes) any article liable to Customs duty;
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(ii) samples of which the number forwarded by the same sender to the same addressee shows an obvious intention of avoiding the payment of Customs charges due to the country of destination;
(iii) any article which by the laws of the country or place in which the packet is posted or to which the packet is addressed it is unlawful to send by post;
(iv) gold bullion and coin of gold or silver exceeding $25.00 in value:
Provided that a sample packet may contain articles liable to Customs duty where the importation of such articles by sample packet is permitted in the country or place to which the packet is addressed, and there is affixed to the address side of such packet a label in the prescribed form; or
(e) bearing on its address side an adhesive label or printed design either resembling a postage stamp in shape or size or in the form of a frame for a postage stamp; or
(f) containing any counterfeit bank or currency note or counterfeit postage stamp; or
(g) purporting to be prepaid with any stamp or impression of a stamping machine which has been previously used to prepay any other postal packet
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or any other Revenue duty or tax; or
(h) the cover whereof or the part thereof reserved for the address is divided into separate sections for the insertion of successive addresses; or
(i) the cover whereof is entirely transparent or has therein an open panel:
Provided that there may be a transparent panel in the cover for the purpose of showing the address of the addressee, subject to such rules as may be prescribed; or
(j) having thereon or on the cover thereof any words, letters, or marks (used without due authority) which signify or imply or may reasonably lead the recipient thereof to believe, that the postal packet is sent on Her Majesty’s service; or
(k) having thereon or on the cover thereof any words, marks, or designs of a character likely in the opinion of the Postmaster General to embarrass the officers of the post office in dealing with the packet in the post; or
(l) of such a form or so made up for transmission by post as to be likely, in the opinion of the Postmaster General to embarrass the officers of the post office in dealing with the packet in the post; or
(m) having anything written printed or otherwise impressed upon or attached to any part of that side of a postal packet which contains the address at
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which the packet is to be delivered which, either by tending to prevent the easy and quick reading of the address of the packet or by inconvenient proximity to the stamp or stamps used in the payment of postage, or in any other way, is in itself, or in the manner in which it is written, printed, impressed, or attached, likely in the opinion of the Postmaster General to embarrass the officers of the post office in dealing with such postal packet; or
(n) having its address parallel to the breadth instead of to the length of the envelope; or
(o) posted in any place outside the country and addressed to a person resident or carrying on business in the country by or on behalf of any person also resident or carrying on business, if the equivalent amount in dollars and cents of the postage paid or payable is less than the amount of the postage which would have been payable had the packet been sent as an inland postal packet and if in the opinion of the Postmaster General the packet was so posted with the object of evading payment of inland postage; or
(p) consisting of or containing two or more postal packets (of the same or of different descriptions) addressed to different persons who are at different addresses.
10. (1) Except as otherwise provided in these Regulations, postal packets which are posted otherwise than in conformity with the provisions of these Regulations may be either detained and returned or given up to the senders
Treatment of irregular packets.
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thereof, or dealt with or disposed of in such other manner as may be authorised by the Postmaster General.
(2) Any postal packet which is found when in the post to infringe the provisions of paragraph (p) of regulation 9 of these Regulations may if the Postmaster General thinks fit be delivered to the addressee subject to such charges as may be prescribed.
11. Registered letter envelopes, postcards, newspaper wrappers and airletter forms shall be issued at such post offices in the country as the Postmaster General may direct for sale to the public at the following prices:
Registered envelopes embossed with a seventy-five cent stamp on the flap, at one dollar each.
Postcards impressed with a ten cent stamp at ten cents each.
Newspaper wrappers impressed with a ten cent stamp at ten cents each.
Air Letter Forms impressed with a thirty-five cent value at thirty-five cents each.
PART II INLAND POST (EXCEPT PARCELS)
12. There shall be charged and paid on inland postal packets (except parcels) the following rates of postage:
(i) On every letter the charge shown in the second column corresponding to the weight step shown in the first column
Stamped Stationery. 8 of 1986.
Inland Postage Rates. 8 of 1986.
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20 grams $0.25 Each additional 20 grams up to 100 grams $0.20
Each additional 100 grams up to 1000 grams $0.50
Each additional 1000 grams $2.00
(ii) On every postcard $0.20
(iii) On every locally registered newspaper, printed paper or commercial paper article the charge shown in the second or third column corresponding to the weight step shown in the first column
First Column Second Column Third Column Printed paper
Locally registered or commercial newspaper paper article
50 grams $0.15 $0.25 100 grams $0.25 $0.40 500 grams $0.35 $0.50 1000 grams $0.50 $0.75 For each additional 1000 grams $0.75 $1.00
(iv) On packets consisting of books and papers impressed or intended to be impressed in Braille or other special type for the use of the blind or any article specially adapted for such use (referred to in these Regulations as articles for the blind) No Charge
24 of 1986.
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13. The rates of postage specified herein shall be paid for an internal air mail service to and from the following places:
Belize City, Dangriga Town, Punta Gorda, San Ignacio, Orange Walk Town, Corozal Town, Independence and Hill Bank,
(a) Letters: ten cents for the first ounce plus two cents for each additional ounce or part thereof;
(b) Parcels: ten cents for the first pound plus five cents for each additional pound or part thereof, with a minimum charge of fifteen cents and a maximum weight of five pounds.
14. Subject to the provisions of these Regulations no inland postal packet shall be forwarded or delivered by post under these Regulations unless it conforms to the following respective weight and dimensions: ______________________________________________________________ Class of Correspondence Limit of weight Limit of Size ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Letters None 2' in length, 18" in width, 18" in depth. In form of roll 3' 3" for the length and twice for the diameter combined (2' 8" for the greatest dimension.)
Postcards Maximum, 5 7/8” in length 4 1/8” in width. Minimum, 4" in length, 2 3/4” in width.
Printed Papers 4 1bs. As for letters Newspapers 4 1bs. As for letters Small Packets 2 1bs. As for letters Articles for use of the Blind 15 lbs. As for letters
Inland air mail.
Weight and dimensions.
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15. (1) Except as provided in regulation 96 of these Regulations, inland postal packets (other than parcels) which cannot be delivered to the addressee shall, if a name and address appear on the outside thereof, be returned unopened to the person or address indicated, but otherwise shall be opened by the Postmaster General.
(2) Where any inland packet upon being so opened is found to contain the name and address of the sender, the Postmaster General shall return the packet to the sender, but otherwise shall destroy it:
Provided that an enclosure of intrinsic value contained in any such postal packet not found to contain the name and address of the sender shall be retained for a period of three months to abide the claim of the sender, and on the expiry of this period in lieu of being destroyed, may, if the Postmaster General so directs, be sold by public auction and the net proceeds of sale credited to revenue.
(3) Except where express provision is made in these Regulations no additional postage shall be charged on any postal packet returned in accordance with this regulation, but any other charges due shall be paid before delivery.
16. Notwithstanding anything contained in regulation 15 of these Regulations, undeliverable postcards, printed papers and newspapers, chargeable with postage not exceeding three cents shall not be returned to the sender unless his name and address appear on the outside of the packet, together with a request for return in case of non-delivery. Postage equal to the original postage shall be charged for the return of such packets.
17. Regulations 15 and 16 of these Regulations shall apply to postal packets (other than parcels) posted in this country and returned from abroad.
Undeliverable inland postal packets to be returned to sender.
Special conditions as to postcards and printed matter.
Undeliverable postal packets returned from abroad.
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18. Where any unregistered postal packet addressed or due to be returned to an person in this country is opened and found to contain coin, jewellery, currency or bank notes, it shall be liable to a registration fee of five cents, less any amount prepaid in excess of the postage, and such registration fee shall be paid before delivery to the addressee or sender.
19. Inland letters posted wholly unpaid and insufficiently prepaid letters shall be charged on delivery with double the letters.
20. (1) Inland correspondence on official business, franked by such persons as may be duly authorised, may be forwarded free of charge.
(2) The Minister may authorise certain persons to use a franking stamp with the words “Official Free”, or with such words and of such a design as may be prescribed, and all mails so franked by such persons shall be sent through the Inland Post free of charge.
21. Subject to the express provisions of these Regulations, the Regulations applicable to the Commonwealth and Foreign Post shall (so far as the same are applicable) apply to postal packets transmitted in the inland post.
PART III COMMONWEALTH AND FOREIGN POST
(EXCEPT PARCELS)
Rates of Postage and other Charges
22. (1) There shall be charged and paid on outgoing foreign postal packets other than parcels the following rates of postage:
I. On every letter addressed to a foreign country
(a) not exceeding 20 grams $0.40
Packets found to contain jewellery and liable to registration fee.
Insufficiently prepaid letters.
Official Correspondence.
Application of Commonwealth and Foreign Post Regulations.
8 of 1986. Rates of postage.
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(b) exceeding 20 grams but not exceeding 100 grams $0.75
(c) exceeding 100 grams but not exceeding 250 grams $2.00
(d) exceeding 250 grams but not exceeding 500 grams $5.00
(e) exceeding 500 grams $7.50
II. On every postcard $0.30
III. On every locally registered newspaper, printed paper or commercial paper article the charge shown in the second or third column corresponding to the weight step shown in the first column:
First Column Second Column Third Column Printed paper
Locally registered or commercial newspaper article
50 grams $0.25 $0.35 100 grams $0.40 $0.50 500 grams $1.00 $1.50 1000 grams $1.50 $2.00 For each addi- tional 100 grams $1.50 $2.00
IV. On articles for the blind No Charge
V. On every “small packet” addressed to a country or place with which the Postmaster General may for the time being have an arrangement for the exchange of “small packets”:
(a) not exceeding 100 grams $0.50
(b) exceeding 100 grams but not exceeding 250 grams $1.00
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(c) exceeding 250 grams but not exceeding 500 grams $1.50
(d) exceeding 500 grams but not exceeding 1000 grams $2.00
VI. On letter post items addressed to or sent by prisoners of war No Charge
(2) On every air mail packet there shall be paid such sum for every ounce or fractional part of an ounce as may from time to time be prescribed.
(3) On every Air Letter (aerogramme) there shall be charged the rate of fifty cents to any country.
23. Printed matter (except literature for the blind), commercial papers and sample a packets may be enclosed in one and the same postal packet subject to the following conditions:
(a) each article taken by itself is within the limits applicable to it as regards weight and size;
(b) that the overall size of the packet does not exceed the size applicable to letters;
(c) that the total weight does not exceed 6½ lbs. to any destination if it contains an article transmissible as a printed paper; 5 1bs. to a place in the British Commonwealth or 4 lbs. to other countries if it contains an article transmissible as a commercial paper but does not contain an article transmissible as a printed paper.
(d) that the minimum rate of postage on each packet shall be twelve cents if each packet contains articles transmissible as a commercial paper or a sample
Air Mail Postage Rates.
Air Letters.
Articles grouped together in one packet.
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packet and five cents otherwise.
24. (1) The expression “late fee postal packet” in this regulation means postal packets posted after the ordinary hours of collection for particular despatches by being handed in at such Post Offices or otherwise posted in such manner as may be prescribed.
(2) There shall be charged and paid in respect of late fee postal packets a fee of one dollar.
25. Subject to the provisions of these Regulations no postal packet shall be forwarded or delivered by post under this regulation unless it conforms to the following respective weights and dimensions: (See Table on page 31 opposite)
SPECIAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO POSTCARDS
26. The following rules shall apply to postcards:
(a) A postcard shall not be more than 5 7/8" in length by 4 1/8" in width and shall be made of cardboard or of stout paper. Folded sheets of paper, of which two inside faces have been completely gummed together so that other items cannot be trapped between them, shall be treated as postcards.
(b) No writing except the address and any postal directions recognised by the Universal Postal Convention, (for example “Registered”, “Advice of Delivery”) and no printing except that of any of the matters aforesaid, shall appear on the right hand half of the postcard. Postage stamps shall be affixed to the top right hand corner of this portion.
Late fee postal packets.
Limits of weight and size. 37 of 1971.
8 of 1986.
Postcards.
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(c) It shall not be necessary for postcards of private manufacture (not being reply postcards) to bear on the face thereof the word “postcard” or its equivalent in another language.
(d) An address slip or label, completely adherent to the card and bearing the name and address of the person to whom the card is sent, may be affixed to the whole of the address side of the card. Illustrations, photographs, stamps of every kind not liable to be mistaken for postage stamps, labels (other than address labels) and cuttings of every kind, of paper or other very thin substance, may be affixed to the back or the left-hand half of the front of the card, provided that they also are completely adherent and that they are not such as to alter the nature of the card. Stamps of any kind liable to be mistaken for postage stamps, completely adherent to the card, may only be affixed to the back.
A sample of merchandise or other similar article may not be attached to a postcard. Postcards shall be sent unenclosed, that is without wrapper or envelope.
(e) Postcards not complying with the foregoing provisions shall be treated as letters, except when the irregularity derives only from showing the prepayment on the back. Such cards shall be regarded as unpaid and shall be treated accordingly.
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27. (1) In addition to each part conforming with the foregoing regulation for single postcards, reply-paid postcards (whether officially issued or privately produced) shall bear in French on the front of the first half the heading “Carte postale avec reponse payee”, and on the second half, “Carte postale-reponse”. They shall be made up in such a way that when one half is folded over the other, the fold forms the upper edge, and the address side of the reply half is on the inside. The two halves must not be closed in any way.
(2) The sender may show his name and address on the front of the reply half, and shall also be authorised to add on the back of that half a questionnaire to be filled up by the addressee.
(3) The prepayment of postage on the reply half by means of Belize postage stamps shall be valid only if the reply half is addressed to his country. If this condition is not fulfilled, it shall be treated as an unpaid postcard.
SPECIAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO SMALL PACKETS, PRINTED PAPERS, COMMERCIAL PAPERS,
SAMPLES OF MERCHANDISE AND LITERATURE FOR THE BLIND
28. Except as provided for in these Regulations, small packets, printed papers, commercial papers, samples of merchandise and literature for the blind:
(a) shall be made up in such a manner that they may be easily examined;
(b) shall not bear any inscription or contain any document having the character of current or personal correspondence;
(c) shall not contain any postage stamp or form of prepayment, whether cancelled or not, or any paper representing a monetary value;
Reply Paid Postcards.
Conditions of postage.
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(d) shall conform to the limits of weight and size shown in regulation 25.
29. (1) The expression “small packet” in these Regulations means a packet which consists of or contains goods or articles of merchandise and contains nothing else except an open invoice reduced to its simplest form, the name and address of the sender and the addressee, and any prescribed Customs declaration.
(2) Every small packet shall bear on the outside the name and address of the sender; the indication “small packet” must be marked conspicuously in the top left-hand corner of the address side, and for Customs purposes shall bear such green label as shall be prescribed, and, when so prescribed shall also have attached or contain such declaration as shall be prescribed.
(3) No small packet shall contain any paper representing monetary value or coin, bank-notes, currency notes, negotiable instruments payable to bearer, platinum, gold or silver, manufactured or not, precious stones, jewels or other precious articles.
(4) Small packets may be registered but may not be insured.
(5) The provisions in relation to the packing of sample packets contained in regulation 33 shall (so far as applicable) apply to small packets.
30. (1) The expression “printed papers” in these Regulations means a packet consisting of or containing one or more of the following articles or documents whether printed, engraved, lithographed, mimeographed or photographed, that is to say:
(a) Newspapers and periodicals, books and pamphlets;
Small Packets.
Printed Papers.
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(b) Sheets of music (except perforated sheets intended to be fitted to automatic musical instruments), visiting cards, address cards, proofs of printing;
(c) Engravings, photographs and albums containing photographs;
(d) Pictures, drawings, plans, maps, patterns to be cut out and catalogues;
(e) Prospectuses, advertisements and notices of various kinds; and
(f) In general, all impressions or copies obtained on paper or other similar material, on parchment or on cardboard by means of printing, engraving, lithography, mimeography and photography or any other readily recognizable mechanical process; copies obtained by means of tracing, stamps with or without moveable type and typewriter are not considered as printed papers.
(2) No packet of printed papers shall contain cinematograph films, gramophone records, articles of stationery or printed papers of which the text has been modified after printing or which bears any marks whatever of such a kind as to constitute a conventional language.
(3) By way of exception to this regulation it is permissible, on the outside or inside of a packet of printed papers:
(a) to indicate by hand or by a mechanical process the name, status, profession, style and address of the sender and of the addressee; the date of despatch, the signature, telephone exchange and number, and
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the telegraphic address and code; the current postal account and banking account of the sender; and a serial or registration number referring solely to the packet;
(b) to correct printing errors;
(c) to strike out, to underline or to ring round certain words or certain parts of the printed text, provided this does not give to the printed text the character of a current and personal correspondence.
(4) It is also permissible to indicate or add by hand or by a mechanical process:-
(a) on advices of the departures and arrivals of ships and aircraft-the dates of departures and arrivals as well as the names of the ships and aircraft and the ports of departure, call and arrival; -
(b) on travellers’ advices-the name of the traveller, the date, time and place of his intended visit, and the address at which he is staying;
(c) on forms of order, subscription or offers in respect of published works, books, newspapers, engravings or pieces of music-the works and the number of copies required or offered, the price of those works, and notes representing essential elements of the price, the method of payment, the edition and the names of the authors and publishers as well as the number of the catalogue and words “paper covered”, “stiff covered” or “bound”;
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(d) on the forms used by lending libraries-the titles of the works, the number of copies asked for or sent, the names of the authors and the publishers, the catalogue numbers, the number of days allowed for reading, the name of the person wishing to consult the work, and other brief notes referring to the works in question;
(e) on illustrated cards and printed visiting cards, and Christmas and New Year cards-good wishes, greetings, congratulations, thanks, condolences, or other formulae of courtesy, expressed in five words or by means of five conventional initials at most;
(f) in proofs of printing-alterations and additions concerned with the correction, layout and printing, and also notes such as “Passed for Press”, “Read-Passed for Press”, or any similar note concerned with the production of the work. In case of lack of space these additions may be made on separate sheets. The relative manuscript may be enclosed;
(g) on fashion plates, maps, and similar documents-colours;
(h) in price lists, tenders for advertisements, stock and share lists, market quotations, trade circulars and prospectuses figures and any other notes representing essential elements of the price;
(i) on books, pamphlets, newspapers, photographs, engraving, sheets of music, and in general on all literary or artistic productions, printed, engraved,
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lithographed or mimeographed-a dedication consisting simply of an expression of regard, and (on photographs or engravings) a very concise explanatory caption and other short notes referring to the photograph or to the engraving itself; and to enclose the relative open invoice;
(j) on cuttings from newspapers and periodicals-the title, date, number and address of the publication from which the article is extracted;
(k) on notices of change of address-the old and the new address and the date of the change.
(5) It is permitted to enclose a card, envelope or wrapper bearing the name and address of the sender of the packet, and prepaid for return by means of postage stamps of the country to which the packet is addressed.
(6) Reproductions of a manuscript or typewritten original will be transmitted as printed papers when they are obtained, by a mechanical manifolding process such as hectography, etc.
Provided that these reproductions be posted under such conditions as the Postmaster General may from time to time direct. The manuscript editions authorised for printed papers may also be made to these reproductions.
(7) Printed papers shall either be placed in a wrapper, on a roller, between cardboard, in an open container, or in an unenclosed envelope, supplied if necessary, with clips easy to unfasten and refasten and not dangerous, or shall be done up with string easy to untie.
(8) Packets of printed papers shall be clearly marked in the upper left-hand corner of the address side “PRINTED PAPERS”.
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(9) Printed papers shall be made up so that other items do not run the risk of being trapped.
31. Any printed papers which may be posted after such hour as the Postmaster General may from time to time fix may be detained at the office at which it was posted until the following day or, if the following day is Sunday, Christmas Day, Good Friday or a Bank Holiday, until the next following day.
32. (1) The expression “commercial papers” in these Regulations means a packet of papers or documents wholly or partly written or drawn, not having the character of an actual and personal correspondence, such as unenclosed letters and postcards which are out of date and have already, fulfilled their original purpose or copies thereof, papers of legal proceedings, documents of every kind drawn up by law officials, way-bills or bills of lading, invoices, documents of insurance companies, copies of or extracts from deeds under private seal written on stamped or unstamped paper, musical scores or sheets of music in manuscript, the manuscript of works or of newspapers sent unaccompanied, pupils’ exercises in the original or with corrections, but without any note which does not relate directly to the performance of the work. Packets containing correspondence exchanged between school pupils, even when it has the character of a current and personal correspondence provided that they are forwarded through the intermediary of the principals of the schools concerned.
(2) These documents may be accompanied by reference slips or covering statements showing the following or similar particulars: a list of the papers included in the item; references to correspondence exchanged between the sender and the addressee.
(3) Paragraphs (7) and (9) of regulation 30 shall apply to commercial papers.
(4) Packets of commercial papers shall be clearly marked in the upper left-hand corner of the address side “Commercial Papers”.
Despatch of certain printed papers.
Commercial Papers.
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33. (1) The expression “sample packet” in these Regulations means any packet which consists of genuine trade patterns or samples of merchandise without saleable value.
(2) The following articles may be transmitted by sample post: printers’ plates, cut-out patterns sent unaccompanied, keys sent unaccompanied, cut fresh flowers, articles of natural history (such as dried or preserved animals and plants, and geological specimens), and tubes of serum or vaccine and medicines urgently required and difficult to obtain:
Provided that the said articles, except tubes of serum or vaccine sent in the public interest by laboratories or institutions officially recognised, shall not be sent for a commercial purpose.
(3) Samples of merchandise shall be placed in bags, boxes, or envelopes which are unclosed or can be easily opened.
(4) Articles of glass, or other fragile materials shall be securely packed in boxes of metal, wood or strong corrugated cardboard so as to prevent any danger to an officer of the Post Office or to correspondence.
(5) Liquids, oils and substances which easily liquefy shall be enclosed in hermetically sealed containers. Each container shall be placed in a special box of metal, tough wood or strong corrugated cardboard containing a sufficient quantity of sawdust, cotton wool or spongy material to absorb the liquid should the container break. The lid of the box shall be fixed so that it cannot easily work loose.
(6) Fatty substances which do not easily liquefy, such as ointments, soft soaps, resins, and silk worm eggs shall be enclosed in a first covering (box, bag of cloth, parchment, etc.) which is itself placed in a second box of wood, metal, or stout thick leather.
Sample Packets.
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(7) Dry colouring powders, such as aniline or blue are only admitted in strong tin boxes, placed in turn in wooden boxes with sawdust between the two containers: Dry non-colouring powders shall be placed in boxes of metal, wood or cardboard, those boxes shall themselves be enclosed in a bag of cloth or parchment.
(8) Live bees, leeches and parasites shall be enclosed in boxes so constructed as to avoid any danger.
(9) Articles which would be spoiled if packed according to the general rules and samples packed in transparent packing permitting check of their contents, may be admitted in a hermetically sealed packing. The same applies to samples of industrial and vegetable products posted in a packing sealed by the manufacturer or by an examining authority in the country of origin. In these cases the Postmaster General may require the sender or addressee to assist in the check of the contents, either by opening certain of the items, or in some other manner satisfactory to the Postmaster General.
(10) There shall be no writing in or upon any sample packet, or in or upon the cover thereof, except an indication, by hand or by a mechanical process outside or inside the packet (and, in the latter case, on the sample itself or on a special sheet of paper referring to it), of the business name, status, profession, firm and address of the sender and of the addressee, and the date of despatch, the sender’s signature, telephone number, telegraphic address and code, postal cheque or banking account, a manufacturer’s trade mark, a short note referring to the manufacturer and to the person supplying the goods or concerning the person for whom the sample is intended, and serial or registration numbers, prices, and notes representing the essential elements of the price and particulars relative to the weight, measurement and size, or to the quantity to be disposed of, and such as are necessary to determine the origin and character of the goods. The indication “sample” must be marked conspicuously in the top left-hand corner of the address side.
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(11) Paragraph (9) of regulation 30 shall apply to sample packets.
34. (1) The expression “literature for the blind” in these Regulations means a packet which consists of or contains periodicals, books and papers of any kind including unsealed letters, impressed in Braille or other special type for the use of the blind.
(2) The following articles shall be regarded as eligible for transmission as literature for the blind: plates for embossing blind literature, and discs, tapes and wires bearing voice recordings and special paper intended solely for the use of the blind provided that they are sent out by or addressed to an officially recognized institution for the blind.
(3) Paragraphs (7) and (9) of regulation 30 shall apply to literature for the blind which, in addition, should be clearly marked in the upper left-hand corner of the address side “Blind Literature”.
SPECIAL CONDITIONS AS TO AIR MAIL PACKETS
35. (1) An air mail packet must bear an “Air Mail” label, or be marked conspicuously with the words “Air Mail” or with such other words as may indicate the desire of the sender that the packet shall be conveyed by an Air Mail Service.
(2) An Air Mail packet shall be conveyed in accordance with such rules as may be prescribed.
36. (1) The expression “Air Letter” in these Regulations means a postal packet consisting of a sheet of paper suitably folded and gummed, the size of which, in that form, shall be that of a postcard, and which is conveyed or intended to be conveyed by air throughout any part of its course in the post by an Air Mail Service.
Literature for the Blind.
Posting of air mail packets.
Air Letters.
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(2) Air Letters the front of which must be marked with the word “Aerogramme” in addition to the word “Air Letter”, shall be written on either the stamped air letter forms obtainable from all post offices at the rates indicated in regulation 11, or on privately manufactured forms on which the appropriate rates of postage (prescribed in regulation 22 (3)) must be prepaid either by means of postage stamps or a franking machine impression.
(3) Air Letters shall not contain enclosures. Any Air Letter which contains an enclosure shall be treated as an ordinary air mail letter and surcharged accordingly.
RE-DIRECTION
37. (1) Any postal packet may be re-directed from its original address, or any substituted address, to the same addressee at any other address unless the sender has forbidden re-direction by means of a note to that effect on the address side of the packet in a language known in the country of destination.
(2) Every re-directed packet, if fully prepaid for its first transmission shall be chargeable on delivery with the difference (if any) between the postage prepaid on the first transmission and the postage chargeable if the packet had been originally addressed to the new destination. Any packet unpaid or insufficiently prepaid for its first transmission shall be charged on delivery with double the deficient postage which would have been due if it had been originally addressed to the new destination. The expression “first transmission” shall be deemed to include transmission to an address within the country in which the packet was posted.
(3) Where a postal packet cannot be delivered, and the sender’s address is not situated in the same country as that in which the packet was posted, such packet, when returned to the sender, shall be treated as a re-directed packet.
Conditions of re-direction.
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(4) A re-directed packet on which, by the terms of these Regulations no postage was payable on the first transmission, shall be chargeable on delivery with the postage (if any) which would have been chargeable if the packet had been originally addressed, to the new destination.
(5) (i) Where a postal packet is re-directed by the addressee’s agent, it shall be re-posted not later than the day following that on which it is delivered, exclusive of Sundays and Public Holidays.
(ii) Where any re-directed postal packet is not re-posted within the time allowed by this regulation, or where any postal packet having been so re-posted appears to have been opened or tampered with, it shall be deemed to have been posted afresh, and shall be chargeable accordingly.
EXPRESS DELIVERY
38. Upon every outgoing packet marked with words “Express Delivery” or with such words as may indicate the desire of the sender that the postal packet may be delivered by special messenger (which words are hereinafter referred to as an “express marking”), there shall be charged and prepaid the fee of one dollar.
39. Any incoming letter packet marked with an express marking shall, in Belize, be conveyed and delivered by special messenger.
REGISTRATION
40. (1) Subject to the provisions of these Regulations any postal packet may be registered for a fee for each packet of one dollar.
(2) This regulation shall not apply to any packet addressed to initials or in pencil but such packet may be addressed in copying ink pencil unless it is sent in an envelope with a transparent panel.
Express delivery fee on outgoing packets.
Delivery of incoming packets by special messenger.
Packets which may be registered. 8 of 1986.
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41. The following rules shall apply to the registration of postal packets:
(a) The packet shall be handed in for registration at a post office to an officer on duty at such office.
(b) All sums chargeable on the registration of the packet, and all postage chargeable thereon, shall be prepaid at the time of posting, but if no part or a part only of the postage is prepaid the packet shall be charged with the deficient postage only.
(c) On delivery of the packet for registration a certificate of posting, bearing thereon an acknowledgement that the registration fee has been paid, shall be obtained. This certificate shall be filled up and signed by the officer of the post office receiving the packet.
42. The sender of any outgoing registered postal packet addressed to any country or place which is a party to the Universal Postal Union may obtain an advice of the delivery thereof to the addressee by payment of a sum of one dollar, in addition to any postage or other sum chargeable or payable in respect thereof.
43. (1) Subject to the provisions of these Regulations every packet marked with the word “registered”, or otherwise obviously intended to be registered, but not posted in the manner prescribed by these Regulations:
(a) If the registration fee thereon has been prepaid, shall be registered before the same is forwarded, and may be detained for that purpose until the ordinary despatch of packets next after that by which such packet would otherwise be forwarded, and
Rules as to Registration.
Advice of delivery. 8 of 1986.
Compulsory registration.
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(b) If the registration fee has not been prepaid, shall be subjected to compulsory registration-if an inland item, and charged on delivery with a registration fee of five cents less any amount prepaid in excess of the postage. If a postal packet addressed to a place abroad it shall be detained and returned to the sender.
(2) Every outgoing postal packet (other than a small packet) which contains coin, bank-notes, currency notes, and securities of any kind payable to bearer, platinum, gold or silver, manufactured or not, precious stones, jewels or other precious articles, and which is addressed to a country to which such articles are transmissible by post, shall be registered, and, if posted without registration, shall be returned to the sender.
(3) Every incoming postal packet (other than a small packet) which contains coin, bank-notes, currency notes and securities of any kind payable to bearer, platinum, gold or silver, manufactured or not, precious stones, jewels or other precious articles, and which is not registered, shall be treated in accordance with the rules for the time being in force with respect to a similar inland postal packet.
44. Subject to the provisions of these Regulations-
(a) If any article of pecuniary value, enclosed in or forming part of a registered postal packet other than an insured letter, be lost or damaged so as entirely to destroy its value whilst in the custody of the Postmaster General, the Postmaster General may pay to any person or persons who may in the opinion of the Postmaster General establish a reasonable claim to compensation (having regard to the nature of the article; the care with which it was packed and other circumstances) such sum
Compensation for loss.
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not exceeding $45.00 as he may think just;
(b) If any registered postal packet other than an insured letter be lost whilst in the post, the Postmaster General may pay to the sender of such packet a sum not exceeding $45.00:
Provided that compensation shall not be payable in respect of the same packet under both paragraphs of this Regulation, or in respect of loss or damage as a result of force majeure or act of the Queen’s enemies.
44:01 Subject to the provisions of these Regulations, if any mail bag containing registered items posted in bulk is lost, or its contents damaged whilst in the post, the Postmaster General may pay to the sender of such bag a sum not exceeding $225.00:
Provided that compensation shall not be payable in respect of loss or damage as a result of force majeure or act of the Queen’s enemies.
INSURANCE FOR LETTERS AND PARCELS
45. The expression “insured letter” or “insured parcel” in these Regulations means a postal packet containing documents of value or other articles of value with insurance of the contents for the value declared by the sender.
46. The following rules shall apply to insured letters and parcels:
(a) Every insured item shall be insured under and in accordance with the Regulations.
(b) Items intended for insurance must be presented at the counter of a Post Office and a certificate of posting obtained for them. If an article does not, in the opinion of the Post Office official, fulfil the
33 of 1982.
33 of 1982.
Compensation for loss or damage to bulk items.
Interpretation.
Rules as to insured letters and parcels.
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prescribed conditions as to packing and sealing it is his duty to refuse to insure such an article. The onus of properly enclosing, packing and sealing the packet rest with the sender. The Post Office assumes no liability for loss or damage arising from defects which may not be observed at the time of posting.
(c) An insured item shall not be addressed in pencil or bear an address composed of initials, neither may it bear any erasure or correction in the address at the time of posting. It must be packed and sealed in such manner as may be prescribed.
(d) Labels and postage stamps on insured items must be spaced so that they cannot conceal injuries to the cover. They must not be folded over two sides of a letter or parcel so as to hide the edge.
47. The certificate of posting given for an insured postal packet shows the amount for which the postal packet is insured and the sender or his representative should see that the amount is correctly stated. The certificate should be retained as it must be produced if a claim is made in respect of the item.
48. The amount for which an article is insured must be written in ink by the sender or his representative both in words and in figures, at the top of the address side of the cover as follows: Insured for ..................... dollars ($ . . . .).
(a) No erasure or other alteration of this inscription is allowed. A postal packet may not be insured for more than the maximum sum appropriate for the country to which it is addressed. Within such limit
Certificate of posting.
Insured value.
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it may not be insured for a value exceeding the market value of the contents and the packing.
(b) An item may be insured for part of its value. Also where the contents have no monetary value, it is permissible to insure for a nominal amount in order to obtain the safeguards of the insurance system.
49. The sender of an insured item may obtain advice of its delivery. A form for this purpose will be provided on request at the time of posting and on payment of the prescribed fee. Delivery of an insured item is made to the address shown on the item and not necessarily to the addressee personally.
50. Any enquiry about the loss or non-delivery of an insured letter or parcel should be made at the office of posting. Each enquiry must be accompanied by the appropriate fee unless the sender has already paid the special fee for an Advice of Delivery, and by an exact copy, if possible in the original handwriting or typescript, of the name and address on the envelope or packet.
51. No insured letter or parcel shall be re-directed to a country or place with which the Postmaster General has not for the time being an agreement for the exchange of insured postal packets.
52. An insured letter may be enclosed either in an envelope made in one piece or in a strong cover or strong packing, or in a box.
53. (1) All insured items must be sealed but wax sealing is not obligatory. As a minimum requirement all joins and flaps must be sealed with adhesive tape or paper, each strip of tape or paper bearing the sender’s initials or signature or distinctive mark or stamp. These sealing strips should be apparent. It should be impossible to remove any part of the contents without either breaking or tearing the case, wrapper or cover, or forcing two adhesive surfaces apart.
Advice of delivery.
Enquiries.
Redirection.
Packing and make-up.
Items must be sealed.
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(2) Where a letter or parcel has been properly sealed it need not normally be fastened with string, but string may be used if desired and need not be sealed. If string is used to ensure the violability of a box, the end of the string must be joined under a wax seal bearing the private device or mark of the sender.
53:01. Every parcel which contains one or other of the following for substances shall be made up as indicated below:
(a) precious metals: the packing shall consist either of a stout metal box, a case made of wood of a minimum thickness of 1 cm. for parcels up to 10 kg. and 1½ cm. for parcels over 10 kg., or two seamless bags forming a double wrapping: however, when cases made of plywood are used, their thickness may be limited to 5 mm. on condition that the edges of the cases are reinforced by metal angle strips;
(b) articles of glass or other fragile objects: they shall be packed in a box of metal, wood, strong plastic material or strong cardboard, filled with paper, wood shavings or any other appropriate protective materials to prevent any friction or knocks during transport either between the objects themselves or between the objects and the sides of the box;
(c) liquids and substances which easily liquefy: they shall be enclosed in perfectly leak-proof containers. Each container shall be placed in a special box of metal, wood, strong plastic material or strong corrugated cardboard, containing enough sawdust, cotton wool or any other appropriate protective material to absorb the liquid should the
Use of string.
Packing for parcels.
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container break. The lid of the box shall be fixed so that it cannot easily work loose;
(d) fatty substances which do not easily liquefy, such as ointments, soft soap, resins etc. and silkworm eggs, the conveyance of which represents fewer difficulties: they shall be enclosed in a first covering (box, bag of cloth, plastic, etc.) which is itself placed in a box of wood, metal or any other material stout enough to prevent the contents from leaking.
(e) dry colouring powders, such as aniline or blue, etc. these products shall be admitted only in perfectly leakproof metal boxes, placed in turn in boxes of wood, strong plastic material or strong corrugated cardboard with sawdust or some other appropriate absorbent arid protective material between the two containers;
(f) dry non-colouring powders: these products shall be placed in containers (box, bag) of metal, wood, strong plastic material or cardboard; these containers shall themselves be enclosed in a box made of one of those materials;
(g) live animals: the wrapping of the parcel as well as the dispatch note shall be provided with a label bearing in bold letters the words “animaux vivants” (live animals);
(h) radioactive materials: parcels containing radioactive materials shall be provided by the sender with a special white label bearing the words “Matieres radioactives” (Radioactive materials), which label
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shall be officially crossed out should the packing be returned to the place of origin. These parcels shall also bear, in addition to the name and address of the sender, a request in bold letters for the return of the parcels in the event of non-delivery. The sender shall give his name and address and the contents of the parcel on the inner wrapping.
54. (1) The insurance fee which depends upon the insurance value, must be prepaid in addition to normal postage for the item. The scale of fees and limits of compensation to which it applies are specified in the first and second columns of the Second Schedule to these Regulations.
(2) Compensation will not in any circumstances exceed the amount for which the item was insured.
(3) Under international postal regulations no compensation is paid in respect of any packet fraudulently insured for a sum greater than the actual value of the content.
(4) If an insured letter or parcel or any article of pecuniary value, enclosed in or forming part of an insured item is lost or damaged whilst in the course of conveyance by the post, the Postmaster General may pay such sum as he may think just to the sender or to a postal administration if in his opinion such person or administration establishes a reasonable claim to compensation.
Provided that:
(a) In the case of an incoming insured item, in addition to the postage, the sum for which the item was insured in accordance with the first and second columns of the Second Schedule to these Regulations.
Insurance Fees & Limit of Compensation.
Compensation.
Fraudulent Insurance.
Compensation for loss of insured letters.
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(b) In the case of an outgoing insured item the sum not exceeding five thousand dollars, having regard to the amount for which the item was insured, in addition to the postage.
55. Insured letters and parcels shall not contain the following:
(a) articles which by their nature or packing may expose postal officials to danger, or soil or damage other postal items or postal equipment;
(b) narcotics and psychotropic substances other than those sent for medical and scientific purpose;
(c) live animals, unless their conveyance is authorised by the postal regulation of the countries concerned;
(d) explosive, flammable or other dangerous substances;
(e) obscene or immoral articles;
(f) articles of which the importation or uttering is prohibited in the country of destination;
(g) any article or thing not authorised by the customs or other laws or regulations of Belize or the place to which the item is addressed.
56. Insured letters and parcels shall not exceed the weights or sizes specified for ordinary uninsured letters and parcels sent through the post.
Weight & Dimensions.
Conditions of insured letters and parcels.
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57. The rates of postage for insured letters and insured parcels shall be those applicable to uninsured letters and parcels that are in force from time to time. Insurance fees as specified in the Second Schedule shall be an additional charge.
58. The Postmaster General may give effect to the provisions of these Regulations as to the loss or damage of registered postal packets, insured letters and insured boxes, and of articles enclosed in or forming part of a registered postal packet, insured letter or insured box, out of such aids or supplies as may be from time to time provided and appropriated for that purpose, but nothing contained in or done under or in pursuance of these Regulations shall render him liable either personally or in his official capacity to any action or other legal proceeding in respect of or in consequence of any such loss or damage. The decision of the Postmaster General on all questions arising between him and any person claiming payment in respect of the loss or damage of a registered postal packet, insured letter, or insured box or of any article enclosed in or forming part thereof shall be final and conclusive.
58:01. (1) A fee of one dollar shall be payable to the Postmaster General on an enquiry about a post item.
(2) A parcel clearance fee of seventy-five cents shall be payable to the Postmaster General.
(3) A parcel demurrage fee of ten cents per day to start seven days from receipt of parcel shall be payable to the Postmaster General.
Rates of Postage and Insurance fee.
Compensation may be paid out of aids provided.
Demurrage Enquiry and Clearance fees.
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59. The rate of postage on inland parcels shall be as shown in the following table:
First Column Second Column 1 Kg. $1.00 3 Kg. $2.50 5 Kg. $4.50 10 Kg. $8.00
PART IV PARCEL POST
INLAND PARCEL POST
60. No inland parcel shall be forwarded or delivered by post if it exceeds 22 lbs. in weight, or if it exceeds 3’ 6” in length, or 6’ in length, breadth and depth combined.
61. An inland parcel shall not be posted in a letter box. It shall be marked “Parcel Post” and presented at the counter of a post office.
62. If any postal packet apparently intended for transmission as an inland parcel is posted otherwise than in accordance with regulation 61 of these Regulations, the Postmaster General shall-
(i) if the parcel is fully prepaid at the appropriate rate and is admissible by such post, forward the parcel as a letter, printed paper or newspaper, or
(ii) if the parcel is insufficiently prepaid at the rate applicable to letters, printed papers or newspapers, but is otherwise admissible by any such post, forward the parcel to the addressee, who shall pay the
Rates for inland parcels.
Limits of weight and size for inland parcels.
Method of posting.
Inland Parcels irregularly posted.
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Postmaster General a sum equal to double the deficiency at the appropriate rate or to the deficient postage at the parcel post rate together with a further sum of five cents whichever is the less; or
(iii) if the parcel is inadmissible by such post, it shall be dealt with in accordance with the provisions of regulation 68 of these Regulations subject nevertheless (if the parcel is returned to the sender) to a charge equal to double the amount of any deficient postage at the lowest appropriate rate.
63. A certificate of posting may be obtained for any inland parcel.
64. The address of every inland parcel shall be clearly written in English. A parcel bearing an address otherwise written shall not be accepted unless a translation of the address is added. The address shall be written on the parcel itself, in bold block capitals, and not merely on a label. The name and address of the sender of every inland parcel shall be written in the left-hand top corner of the parcel.
65. Eggs, fish, poultry, meat, fruit and vegetables are transmissible inland by parcel post only.
66. The following provisions apply to the articles named when transmitted by inland parcel post-
(a) eggs shall be packed in a wooden or other rigid box with suitable partitions and a well-fitted lid, and each egg wrapped separately in newspaper
Certificate of posting.
Method of addressing.
Certain articles may be posted as parcels only
Mode of packing certain articles.
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or other soft material, the eggs being placed on end each in a separate partition, and the vacant space in the box filled with newspaper or cotton waste. The parcel shall be marked “eggs”;
(b) parcels of fish and meat shall be marked “perishable” and shall be so packed as to prevent contact of the contents with other postal articles or leakage of any moisture;
(c) flowers shall be enclosed in boxes of cardboard, wood or metal;
(d) fruit shall be so packed that the juice cannot exude. Metal boxes with tightly fitting lids shall be used for soft fruit. Parcels of fruit shall be marked “fruit”;
(e) hats, millinery and similar articles shall be packed in rigid boxes of wood or other material, or in stout leatherboard or fibre board boxes with lids extending about two-thirds of the depth of the box or in strong cardboard boxes protected externally by light cross bars of wood consisting of two frames placed at right angles to one another and fastened together where they cross at the top and the bottom; the contents should be surrounded in the box with sufficient crumpled tissue paper or other soft packing material to prevent movement;
(f) musical instruments shall be enclosed in stout wooden cases with sufficient soft internal packing to prevent movement and to prevent damage through jolting;
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(g) pictures in frames shall be protected at the front and back by stout wooden boards each rather larger than the frames. Soft packing shall be placed firmly between the corners of the frame and the boards but not so as to press on the glass;
(h) any liquid, oil or substance which easily liquefies shall be enclosed in a glass bottle hermetically sealed. Such bottle shall be placed in a special box of metal, wood or of strong corrugated cardboard containing sawdust, cotton or spongy material in sufficient quantity to absorb the liquid if the bottle becomes broken. The box itself, if it is of thin wood, shall be enclosed in a second case of metal, wood, or strong corrugated cardboard, or of stout thick leather. Where a perforated wooden block is used having a thickness of at least 2 1/2 mm. (1/8") in the thinnest part and fitted with a lid, it shall not be necessary to enclose this block in a second case;
(i) a fatty substance which does not easily liquefy, such as ointment, soft soap, resin, as well as silk worm eggs, shall be enclosed in an inner cover (box, bag of linen, or parchment,) which shall itself be placed in a second box of wood, metal or stout thick leather. A sample of liquid or any fatty substance, or a sample enclosed in a linen or paper envelope of little strength, shall have a label, preferably of parchment, attached for the address of the addressee, the postage stamps, and the impression of the date stamps. The address shall be repeated on the article itself;
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(j) any article, such as tinned food, which would be spoiled if packed in the manner prescribed, may be admitted in a cover hermetically sealed. In that case the sender or the addressee may be required to assist in the check of the contents, either by opening the article or in some other satisfactory manner;
(k) an article of glass or other fragile material shall be securely packed (in a rigid box of metal, wood or strong corrugated cardboard) in such a way as to prevent all risk of injury to other postal articles or to postal officers;
(l) dry powders whether dyes or not, shall be enclosed in a stout tin box, placed inside a wooden box with sawdust between the two covers. Dry non-colouring powder shall be placed in a box of metal, wood, or cardboard, the box itself being enclosed in a bag of linen or parchment;
(m) live bees, leeches, silk-worms and silk-worm eggs shall be enclosed in a box so constructed as to avoid all danger and to allow the contents to be ascertained;
(n) sharp instruments such as scissors, knives, razors, forks, steel pens, nails, watch machinery, metal tubing, pieces of metal or ore, may be sent by post only if packed and guarded in so secure a manner as to involve no risk to the contents of the mail bags and to the officers of the Post Office;
(o) Gramophone Records (Shellac) shall be enclosed
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in their envelopes and sorted in sets according to size. Each set shall be cross-tied to form a compact bundle. The bundle or bundles shall then be firmly embedded in sufficient soft packing material in a rigid box of wood (or of stout fibreboard, preferably with a lid extending about two thirds of the depth of the box) of sufficient size to permit at least one inch of packing above, below, and around the records;
(p) Gramophone Records (long playing-plastic) shall be enclosed in their envelopes and sorted in sets according to size. Each set shall be placed between corrugated cardboard fillers in a separate rigid box of stout cardboard or fibreboard (preferably with a lid extending about two thirds of the depth of the box, so that the records cannot move about in the box. Where it is desired to send more than one size of record in the same box any empty spaces around the edges of the smaller records shall be filled with soft packing.
67. (1) Inland parcels may be re-directed without charge within the delivery of the same post office of the original addressee and if they are re-directed within one day or such further time as the Postmaster General may allow of the original delivery. Inland parcels shall in all other cases be subject to fresh postage on re-direction.
(2) Where delivery of an inland parcel is refused by the addressee, and is afterwards accepted by him it shall be treated as a re-directed parcel liable to fresh postage.
68. Undeliverable inland parcels bearing or containing the name and address of the sender shall be returned to the sender; inland parcels which do not bear
Conditions of re- direction.
Undeliverable inland parcels.
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or contain the name or address of the sender shall be retained for three calendar months. If not applied for before the expiry of this period, the contents may be disposed of by public auction where this course is warranted and the net proceeds credited to post office funds, but otherwise shall be destroyed or otherwise dealt with as the Postmaster General may direct. Undeliverable inland parcels containing articles of a perishable nature may be dealt with as may be requisite.
69. Subject to the provision of these Regulations, the Postmaster General shall not be liable for payment of any compensation in respect of the loss or damage to an unregistered inland parcel or of any article enclosed in or forming part of an unregistered inland parcel.
COMMONWEALTH AND FOREIGN PARCEL POST
70. There shall be charged and paid on Commonwealth and Foreign parcels the rate of postage as may from time to time be prescribed.
71. Parcels for abroad cannot be registered but they may be insured to those countries with which the Postmaster General has for the time being an agreement for the exchange of insured parcels, on payment of the fees prescribed for insured letters. Exceptionally, parcels for the U.S.A. cannot be insured but they may be registered on payment of the registration fee of fifteen cents.
72. (1) The maximum weight shall be 22 lbs. The limits of size for parcels to all destinations shall be-
(a) Maximum:
3' 6" for any one dimension and the sum of the length and the greatest circumference other than the length shall not be greater than 6' 6".
Compensation - unregistered inland parcels.
Rates of Postage.
Registration and Insurance.
Conditions for Commonwealth and foreign parcels.
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(b) Minimum:
To have a surface measuring not less than 3 1/2" by 6" with a tolerance of 1/10".
(2) No parcel shall exceed the weight or dimensions permitted to be received by post in the country to which the parcel is addressed.
(3) The prohibitions and conditions as to packing contained in the regulations relating to inland parcels shall apply to Commonwealth and foreign parcels and in addition-
(a) no Commonwealth and foreign parcel shall contain coin or gold bullion exceeding $25.00 in value, or silver partly manufactured, exceeding $100.00 in value;
(b) no Commonwealth and foreign parcel shall contain any letter or other document in the nature of a personal communication, except so far as may be permitted by the arrangement with reference to the transmission of parcels between this country and any country or place;
(c) any article prohibited by the postal, customs or other laws or regulations of the country or place in which the article is posted or to which the article is addressed or through which it must pass;
(d) perishable articles or anything liable to become offensive or injurious through decay during the time ordinarily occupied in transmission, unless enclosed in a hermetically sealed tin.
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73. The following provisions shall apply to the posting of foreign parcels:
(a) the parcel shall be posted by being handed in at a post office;
(b) the parcel shall bear the name and full address of the addressee, and shall be packed in such manner and form as may be required and in accordance with such directions as may be given by the Postmaster General from time to time;
(c) in addition to the requirements of regulations 89 of these Regulations, the sender of a foreign parcel may also be required to fill up a despatch note in such form as the Postmaster General may direct.
74. Any outgoing postal packet transmissible by parcel post, which from any words or marks thereon, or other external evidence, appears to have been intended for transmission as a parcel, and has not been tendered for transmission as a parcel but has been posted in a post office letter box, or otherwise than as provided for the posting of parcels, may, in the discretion of the Postmaster General either be detained and returned or given up to the sender, or if it is fully prepaid at the rate applicable to any other post, and admissible by that post, it may be forwarded as a letter, printed paper or newspaper (as the case may be).
75. (1) Parcels which for any reason are undeliverable shall be dealt with in accordance with arrangements from time to time made between the Postmaster General and the Postal Administrations concerned.
(2) Where under any such arrangement an outgoing parcel is received from a place outside this country for return to the sender, there shall be charged upon such parcel and paid by the sender additional postage according to the rate chargeable under any such arrangement, and the parcel shall not be
Mode of posting.
Treatment of parcels posted in letter boxes.
Return and disposal of undelivered parcels.
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given up to the sender except upon payment of such additional postage and of all charges of any kind to which the parcel may have become liable under the provisions of this regulation.
(3) Where under any such arrangement a parcel is not returned to the sender, or the sender or the addressee refuses or fails to pay the charges to which the parcel has become liable under this regulation, the parcel shall be sold, destroyed, or otherwise dealt with, in the manner prescribed in relation to undeliverable inland parcels by regulation 68 of these Regulations.
(4) Where an incoming parcel cannot be delivered as originally addressed and under any such arrangement the name and address of a substituted addressee has been furnished by the sender and the parcel is forwarded to the substituted address, there shall be charged and paid by the addressee additional postage at the inland rate chargeable for transmission from the original to the substituted address.
76. Except as otherwise provided in these Regulations parcels which are posted otherwise than in conformity with the provisions of these Regulations may be either detained and returned or given up to the senders thereof or dealt with or disposed of in such other manner as may be authorised by the Postmaster General.
77. If an article found in an incoming parcel contravenes the provisions of paragraph (p) of regulation 9 of these Regulations the Postmaster General may, if he thinks fit, either deliver the parcel to the addressee thereof or withdraw the article so found and then deliver it to the addressee thereof but subject in either case to the payment of a charge not exceeding the postage which would have been payable in respect of the article had it been transmitted as a separate article from the country or place in which it was posted.
78. The regulations for the time being applicable to inland parcels shall, so far as they are applicable and subject to express provision to the contrary, apply to foreign parcels.
Treatment of irregularly posted parcels.
Article posted contrary to regulation 9 (p).
Application of inland parcel regulations.
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79. (1) Any parcel may be re-directed from its original address or any substituted address within this country to the same addressee at any other address in any country or place with which a parcel post from this country is established if the parcel conforms with the regulations applicable to parcels sent by post to the country or place to which it is re-directed. In every case of such re-direction there shall be charged on such parcel in respect of such re-direction additional postage according to the rates for the time being payable in respect of the transmission of alike parcel to the country or place to which it may be re-directed.
(2) Any parcel may be re-directed from its original address or any substituted address within this country to the same addressee at any other address within this country, and in every case of such re-direction and (if not previously paid) paid by the addressee thereof upon the delivery of such parcel such rate of postage, if any, as would in like case be charged upon the parcel were it an inland parcel.
(3) No parcel re-directed from a place out of this country to a place within this country shall be delivered to the addressee except upon payment of all charges of any kind to which the parcel has become liable by the law of this country or of Great Britain, or of any British possession or foreign country.
80. (1) The provisions of Regulation 48, so far as they are applicable, shall apply in the event of loss or damage to an insured parcel or of any article of pecuniary value enclosed in or forming part of an insured parcel whilst in the course of conveyance by post under the provisions of these Regulations.
(2) No compensation shall be payable in respect of any parcel insured for a sum greater than the actual value of the contents.
(3) The provisions of Regulation 44 shall apply in the event of loss of or damage to a registered parcel or of any article of pecuniary value enclosed in or forming part of a registered parcel exchanged between this country and the U.S.A.
Re-direction.
Compensation - Insured parcels; registered parcels (U.S.A only); unregistered parcels.
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(4) The maximum compensation payable in respect of the loss or damage of an uninsured parcel shall be:
Not over 3 lbs in weight uninsured parcel $ 8.25 Not over 7 lbs in weight uninsured parcel $13.75 Not over 11 lbs in weight uninsured parcel $22.00 Not over 22 lbs in weight uninsured parcel $33.00
81. (1) Cash on delivery parcels may be transmitted by post between this country and any country or place outside of this country with reference to which an arrangement has been made with respect to the transmission of cash on delivery parcels.
(2) All outgoing cash on delivery parcels shall be posted at the General Post Office in Belize City.
(3) No trade charge exceeding the equivalent in local currency of £500, shall be collected under these Regulations.
82. (1) There shall be charged and paid on every cash on delivery parcel, in addition to the postage and any other charges payable on such parcel, the following sums-
(a) on every outgoing parcel a cash on delivery fee of five cents for each $5.00, or fraction of $5.00, of the trade charge and a despatch fee of five cents;
(b) on every incoming parcel a fee of fifty cents;
(2) The cash on delivery fee and the despatch fee payable on an outgoing cash on delivery parcel shall be prepaid by the sender in stamps affixed to the parcel.
Cash on Delivery parcels.
Fee etc., for cash on delivery parcels.
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(3) The trade charge may not be cancelled or altered after the cash on delivery fee has been paid.
(4) The fee payable on an incoming cash on delivery parcel shall be paid by the addressee in addition to the trade charge.
83. The sender of a cash on delivery parcel shall in a manner satisfactory to the Postmaster General-
(a) write on the parcel or on a label affixed thereto his name and address, and the word “Remboursement” followed by the sterling amount of the trade charge.
(b) fill up, so far as required, a trade charge money order form.
84. A cash on delivery parcel shall not be given up to the addressee thereof or opened at his request until the trade charge and any other charges due thereon have been paid.
85. (1) The Postmaster General shall upon receiving from the addressee the trade charge on an incoming cash on delivery parcel remit it to the sender of the parcel by means of the trade charge money order form received with the parcel.
(2) The relative money order shall be issued free of commission.
86. Every trade charge shall be applied for by the sender of the parcel to which it is related within one year of the date of posting of the parcel.
87. The sender of every cash on delivery parcel shall obtain from the Postmaster General a certificate of the posting thereof, and shall, if required, produce such certificate to the Postmaster General as a condition of payment of the trade charge money order.
Duties of sender.
Delivery on cash on delivery parcels.
Payment to sender of trade charge collected.
Application for trade charge.
Certificate of Posting.
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88. Subject to the provisions of these Regulations cash on delivery parcels may be re-directed if the new country of destination maintains with the country of origin an exchange of cash on delivery parcels, and in such case shall be accompanied by the trade charge money order made out by the service of origin. Where an application is made for re-direction to a country which does not maintain with the country of origin an exchange of cash on delivery parcels, the parcel shall be treated as undeliverable, and dealt with as prescribed in Regulation 75.
MODIFICATION AND APPLICATION OF THE CUSTOMS LAWS AS REGARDS CERTAIN POSTAL ARTICLES
89. Every parcel and insured parcel posted in any place outside this country and intended to be delivered at any place within this country or posted in this country and intended to be delivered at any place outside this country shall be accompanied by, or have affixed to it, a declaration stating the contents of the parcel or insured parcel in such manner and form and with such other particulars as the Postmaster General may from time to time direct.
90. (1) Every letter packet containing articles liable to Customs Duty and every “small packet” posted in any place outside this country and intended to be delivered at any place within this country, or posted in this country and intended to be delivered at any place outside this country shall have affixed to it a green Customs label-
(a) stating the contents of the packet in such manner and form and with such other particulars as the Postmaster General may from time to time direct, or
(b) containing the words DOUANE (PEUT ETRE OUVERT D’OFFICE) or their equivalent in English only in which case the article or packet
Re-direction of cash on delivery parcels.
Declaration of sender.
Green labels to be placed on letter packets and small packets.
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shall have attached thereto or enclosed therein a declaration stating its contents in such manner and form and with such other particulars as the Postmaster General may from time to time direct.
(2) Every letter packet or “small packet” suspected to contain articles liable to Customs duties, not having affixed thereto the Customs label as required by sub-paragraph (1) of this regulation may be detained by the Postmaster General and notice of such detention issued to the addressee.
91. No foreign postal packet except a letter packet, “small packet”, or parcel having affixed thereto or accompanied by a label or declaration (as the case may be) or except a sample packet, shall contain any goods or articles of merchandise:
Provided that nothing herein contained shall be deemed to prohibit or restrict the carrying by post of any printed paper packet, commercial paper packet, or any article for the blind, which conforms with these Regulations.
92. Every printed paper packet, commercial paper packet, “small packet”, sample packet and parcel may, either at the port of departure from or of arrival in this country, as the case may be, or at such other place as the Postmaster General may direct, be opened by an officer of the Post Office, for customs examination.
93. Where the contents of any such postal packet are found not to agree with the declaration or green Customs label which accompanies or is affixed to it, or with any declaration, invoice or other document purporting to relate to the contents of such packet which may either be transmitted therewith or produced by the addressee or his agent or by the person posting it, or if the contents or any of them are found to consist of goods prohibited to be conveyed by post or to be imported or exported, as the case may be, such postal packet and all its contents shall be deemed to be goods in respect of which an offence against the Customs Laws has been committed, and shall be sent to the Comptroller of
Restriction on posting articles of merchandise.
Packets subject to inspection.
Certain packets to be sent to Comptroller of Customers.
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Customs to be dealt with as directed by Law.
94. If any postal packet so opened contains, or purports to contain any goods subject to an AD VALOREM duty such officer may in writing require the addressee of the packet to make such entry of the contents, or to sign such other documents, as may be required, and to deliver them to him.
95. If within fourteen days of such notice the addressee does not deliver such entry or documents and pay to the Postmaster General the duties shown by such entry to be due, the goods in respect of which the addressee has failed to make entry or to pay the duties due thereon shall be deemed to be goods in respect of which the importer has not made perfect entry after the arrival of the ship in which they were imported.
96. If the addressee of a postal packet addressed to this country refuses to pay any duty payable under the Customs Laws in respect of the goods contained in such postal packet, the Postmaster General may retain the postal packet and at the expiration of twenty-eight days from the date of the notification of the arrival of such postal packet sent to the addressee, send the postal packet to the Comptroller of Customs, or return it to the country of origin in accordance with conventional arrangements with the country of origin.
97. Any postal packet sent by the Postmaster General to the Comptroller of Customs under the provisions of regulation 96 of these Regulations together with all goods contained therein shall be treated as goods in respect of which an offence against the Customs Laws has been committed.
PART V MISCELLANEOUS
(a) Poste Restante
98. Subject to the provisions of regulation 100 of these Regulations, postal packets of any kind to be called for may be posted at or to any post office in
Entry to be made by addressee of AD VALOREM goods.
Effect of failure of addressee to make entry.
Postmaster General’s obligations where duty payment refused.
Disposal of postal packet delivered to the Comptroller.
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any country which has undertaken to provide such facilities subject to the conditions laid down in each case. The words “Poste Restante”, “To be called for”, “To await arrival,” or similar instructions shall appear in the address.
99. Postal packets which are addressed to places in this country at which there is no delivery by letter carrier will be regarded as intended for the Poste Restante and dealt with accordingly.
100. The Poste Restante in this country shall, save as provided in regulation 99 of these Regulations, be used solely for the accommodation of strangers and travellers who may use it for not more than three months.
101. Postal packets addressed to initials or to fictitious names, or to a Christian name without a surname shall not be taken at the Poste Restante, but shall be treated as undeliverable postal packets.
102. Every person applying at a Poste Restante if unknown must produce such evidence of his indentity as the proper officer of the Post Office may require.
103. (1) Subject to the provisions of these Regulations, postal packets shall be retained in the Poste Restante as follows:
if originating in this country, for one calendar month from the date of receipt;
if originating from abroad, two calendar months from the date of receipt:
Provided that postal packets addressed to ships may be retained for three calendar months.
(2) At the expiry of the above-mentioned periods, postal packets may be treated as undeliverable.
Where no delivery articles dealt with as Poste Restante.
Poste Restante only for strangers and travellers.
Certain articles deemed undeliverable.
Identification of applicant for postal packet.
Time of retention in Poste Restante.
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(3) The fee of fifty cents each month or part thereof shall be payable by each person for services at any Poste Restante.
(b) Private Letter Boxes and Bags
104. Private letter boxes may be rented at the Post Offices in Belize City, and at such other post offices as the Postmaster General may deem advisable on the following conditions:
(a) the rents of all private boxes shall be paid in advance and shall become due either on allotment, or, in the case of existing holders, on the first day of January of each year;
(b) the annual rent for private letter boxes shall be for small boxes $40.00 and for large boxes $80.00;
(c) where private letter boxes are rented after the 1st January in any year, the rent up to the 31st December shall be calculated in quarterly periods a broken period of any quarter being reckoned as a full quarter;
(d) a private box may not be rented or, except as hereinafter provided, may not be used by more than one person or corporation;
(e) no person may rent a box under an assumed name, or for an improper purpose;
(f) the holder of a private letter box shall notify the Postmaster General in respect of Belize City and Belmopan, and the Postmaster in charge of any other Post Office of his intention to give up his
3 of 1976.
Private Letter Boxes.
179 of 2001.
51 of 1977.
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box at least one month before the date of expiry of the period for which the box was rented;
(g) the holder of a private letter box shall hand in the key to the Postmaster General or the Postmaster as the case may be on giving up the box. Where the box holder fails to hand in the key as required, he will be charged with the cost of supplying a new lock;
(h) on the expiry of the period for which a private letter box is rented the box shall be deemed to have been vacated and the box holder shall hand in the key for the same. Where the box holder fails to hand in the key as required he will be charged with cost of supplying a new lock.
104:01 Application for the rental of a private letter box shall be made in writing to the Postmaster General, General Post Office, Belize City, in respect of Belize City and Belmopan, and to the Postmaster in charge in respect of any other Post Office.
104:02 Any person who rents out a private letter box shall at the time of renting such box deposit with the Postmaster General or the Postmaster as the case may be, in addition to the rent mentioned in regulation 104, a sum of ten dollars, which shall become forfeit on the non-return of the key to such box at the expiry of the period for which the box is rented.
105. No letters or other mail matter shall be placed in a private box unless they are:
(i) addressed to the person or firm renting the box; or
(ii) addressed to subordinates or employees of the
Private Letter box. 51 of 1977.
Deposit for key. 51 of 1977.
Method of address.
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person or firm renting the box; or
(iii) addressed care of the person or firm renting the box; and
(iv) bearing the number of the box.
106. A box holder may not cede or transfer his box to any other person. In case any box is not used by the renter, the Postmaster General may allot the box to another renter, without refunding any sum to the original box holder.
107. Any mail matter erroneously delivered, or which through wrong address is sorted into a private letter box shall be returned immediately to the Post Office with the words “Not for box No. ………………..... “ written thereon, and on failure to do this, the Postmaster General may by notice to the box holder and without any refund, terminate the rental thereof.
108. Any injury or damage to a private letter box arising through the wilful act of the renter or his agent may be made good by the Postmaster General at the expense of the renter who, shall, on demand repay to the Postmaster General the cost thereof.
109. The Postmaster General may in his absolute discretion refuse to allot a box to an applicant without assigning any reason for so doing, or may withdraw the privilege of renting a box by giving to the renter a month’s notice of intention to do so.
110. As the loss of a key necessitates the changing of the lock, a box holder who loses his key shall pay the Postmaster General the sum of $25.00 to cover the cost of a new lock and the replacement keys and any necessary repairs to the letter box.
111. Where for any reason any mail matter cannot be sorted into a private box, a notification of arrival shall be placed in the box.
Box may not be transferred.
Mis-sorted or mis-delivered correspondence.
Damage to private box by renter.
Power to refuse to allot box.
Loss of key. 3 of 1976. 1 of 1982. 160 of 1991.
Bulky correspondence.
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111:01 The holder of a private letter box shall clear his box at regular intervals, and shall not permit his box to remain uncleared for any period longer than fourteen days. The Postmaster General or the Postmaster as the case may be, may on the box holder failing to comply with this regulation, terminate the rental thereof, without notice to the box holder or refund of any part of the rental.
112. (1) The Crown Agents for Overseas Governments and Administrations are authorised to hold stocks of stamps for sale to the stamp trade throughout the world. The Crown Agents shall not deal with private collectors, but such collectors may obtain supplies by order with the appropriate remittance from the Postmaster General.
(2) Remittances accompanying orders shall be made payable to the Postmaster General and shall be in the form of bankers drafts, international money orders or certified cheques. Cash in the form of currency notes shall not be normally used, but when this is done it should be by registered post.
113. (1) No person may be allowed the use of a private letter bag except on the authority of the Postmaster General after the fees set out in paragraph (2) of this regulation have been paid.
(2) The rent of a private letter bag shall be $100.00 a year and the bag shall be conveyed to and from the Post Office by the holder or his agent, or conveyed by the Post Office if convenient:
Provided that where a private letter bag is rented on or after the 1st April in any year, the rent for the balance of that year shall be calculated at the rate of one-twelfth for each month or part of a month.
(c) Reply Coupons
114. (1) Coupons issued by the International Bureau of the Universal Postal Union for the purpose of prepaying replies, and exchangeable in any
Clearing of box. 51 of 1977.
Stocks of stamps. 38 of 1969.
Private Letter Bags.
160 of 1991.
160 of 1991.
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country of the Postal Union for a stamp or stamps representing the highest value fixed for airmail letters of the first weight step abroad, shall be sold at the General Post Office, Belize City, and at the principal Post Offices at the price of two dollars and fifty cents each.
(2) Such coupons received from other countries may be exchanged at any Post Office in Belize for postage stamps of the value of one dollar.
115. (1) Commonwealth Reply Coupons valid only within the Commonwealth and the Irish Republic shall be sold at the General Post Office, Belize City, and at the principal Post Offices at the price of sixteen cents each. They are exchangeable in any country of the Commonwealth and in the Irish Republic for a stamp or stamps representing the minimum postage payable on a letter sent by surface route from that country to this country.
(2) A Commonwealth reply coupon received in this country may be exchanged at any Money Order Office for stamps of the value of twelve cents.
116. Not more than ten International Coupons or ten Commonwealth Reply Coupons may be sold to, or exchanged for, the same person on any one day.
(d) Postage Stamps
117. (1) The Crown Agents for Overseas Governments and Administrations are not authorised to hold stocks of stamps for sale to members of the public except those dealers resident in the United Kingdom or in North America whose names appear on their lists of approved dealers. Dealers resident elsewhere and all other private collectors may obtain such stamps as they need only from such dealers or by ordering them from the Postmaster General with their remittance.
Commonwealth Reply Coupons.
Maximum number of coupons to be sold, etc.
Services to Philatelists.
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(2) Remittances accompanying orders shall be made payable to the Postmaster General and shall be in the form of banker’s drafts (where appropriate), money orders or British postal orders. Remittances sent otherwise will be returned.
(3) The Postmaster General shall refuse to comply with requests to affix stamps to letters, or to cancel stamps which are not affixed to letters (or other articles) entrusted to the post in the normal manner.
(4) The Postmaster General shall also refrain from taking stamps, at request, from some special portion of a sheet, posting letters sent to him or in any other way acting as agent for dealers or collectors.
(5) Stamped envelopes sent to the Postmaster General for cancellation and posting or return in some other manner shall be returned marked “unserviced” under official cover either to the sender or to the postal administration where they originate with a request that they be delivered to the sender.
(6) Only envelopes bearing appropriate postage stamps of this country, which accompany orders for unused stamps, and are being used for the purpose for which they have been provided, shall be dealt with in the usual manner, by post-marking and cancellation of the stamps affixed thereto.
(7) The Postmaster General shall not accept from dealers or collectors standing orders for the supply of new issues of stamps or new printings.
(8) Postage Due labels (stamps) shall not be sold over the counter to anyone, but the Postmaster General may comply with orders received through the post for the supply of blocks of these labels to dealers or collectors.
(9) The Postmaster General shall not address envelopes, affix stamps to them, or make any special arrangements for the cancellation of stamps on what are termed “first day covers” of any new commemorative issues or
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other new issues of stamps. All persons wishing to have “first day covers” posted to them or to make advance arrangements for the supply to them of new issues should appoint their own local agent to act on their behalf.
(10) The Postmaster General shall not take the responsibility of recommending any private person or firm to undertake services.
(e) Newspapers
117:01 (1) Any publication:
(i) of which at least one-third consists of political or other news or of articles relating thereto or to other current topics, and
(ii) which is printed and published in Belize at intervals of not more than seven days, with the full title and date of publication prominently printed on the first page and the whole or part of the title printed on every other page of each issue,
shall, upon application and the payment of the prescribed fee by the publisher, be entitled to be registered as a newspaper for the purposes of these Regulations.
(2) Applications for registration shall be made to the Postmaster General in writing by the publisher and shall be substantially in the following form:
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APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION
1. Name of Newspaper ........................................................................ 2. Place of Publication ........................................................................ 3. Periodicity of Publication ................................................................. 4. Printer’s Name and Address ............................................................. 5. Publisher’s Name and Address.......................................................... 6. Editor’s Name and Address ................................................................ I, …………………………………………………, hereby declare that the particulars given above are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Date .................................... ………………………...…………. Signature of Publisher
(3) The fee for the registration of a publication as a newspaper shall be twenty-five dollars per annum:
Provided that the Minister may in his discretion vary the fee by Order published in the Gazette.
(4) A declaration that the publication is registered as a newspaper by the Postmaster General shall be printed on each copy.
PART VI MONEY ORDER AND POSTAL ORDER REGULATIONS
(a) General
118. (1) British Postal Orders issued in this country for payment in the United Kingdom shall be sold at the current local Bank selling rate of exchange on the day of issue, or failing a current local Bank selling rate, the rate quoted in New York with the addition of ½ % for exchange. In addition the prescribed commission shall be paid.
Rates of Exchange for British Postal Orders. 4 of 1975.
8 of 1986.
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(2) British Postal Orders issued in sterling will be paid by the Post Offices of this country at the current local Bank buying rate of exchange on the day of presentation, or failing a current local Bank buying rate, the rate quoted in New York with the addition of ½ % for exchange.
119. (1) Money Orders issued in countries where the currency is other than sterling shall be paid at the current local Bank rate of exchange to two places of decimals on the day of presentation for payment.
(2) Money Orders issued in this country for payment in countries where the currency is other than sterling shall be sold at the current local Bank rate of exchange to two places of decimals on the day of sale.
(b) Issue of Money Orders (British and Foreign)
120. Foreign Money Orders shall be issued and paid at the following Post Offices: Belize City, Corozal Town, Orange Walk Town, San Ignacio, Dangriga Town and Punta Gorda and at such other Post Offices as the Postmaster General may from time to time deem advisable.
121. The rates of commission to be charged for the issue of money orders shall be as follows:
(a) On Money Orders payable outside this country For every $5 or fraction of $5..................10 cts.
(b) On Money Orders payable within this country For every $10 or fraction of $10 .............10 cts.
122. Every money order and advice issued shall be drawn on authorised forms only.
Foreign Money Orders. 60 of 1967.
4 of 1975.
Offices transacting Money Order.
Commission on Money Orders.
Form
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123. The maximum amount for which a single money order may be drawn on:
(a) Trinidad and Tobago shall be £50;
(b) Jamaica, Barbados, Guyana and Grenada shall be £50;
(c) Canada shall be three hundred dollars;
(d) United States of America shall be three hundred dollars.
124. (1) All money orders shall be expressed in dollars and cents except those drawn upon Jamaica, Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana and Grenada, which shall be expressed in sterling.
(2) No money order may be sold or cashed for an amount including a fractional part of a penny.
125. Any person applying for a Money Order payable abroad shall state the amount in the currency of the country in which the order is to be drawn in accordance with the following rules:
(a) for Money Orders payable in the United States of America in United States currency;
(b) for Money Orders payable in Canada in Canadian currency; and
(c) for Money Orders payable in Barbados, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, the United Kingdom and any other country with which the United Kingdom exchanges Money Orders, in
Limit for foreign money orders.
How amounts to be expressed. 4 of 1975.
4 of 1975.
Requisition for foreign money orders. 60 of 1967.
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126. The Postmaster General shall not be responsible for any wrong delivery or payment resulting from, or facilitated by indistinctness, inaccuracy or incompleteness of information supplied by the purchaser of a Money Order.
127. (1) The officer issuing a Money Order shall fill in on the Money Order Form the amount of such Order in the currency of the country in which such Order is to be drawn and the purchaser shall fill in on such Form the name and address of the payee and of the person remitting such Order.
(2) The officer issuing a Money Order shall hand to the purchaser either:
(a) the Money Order to be forwarded by post to the payee for presentation at the office of payment and the purchaser’s receipt stub in respect of such Order, or
(b) where the payee is to receive the order through the chief office of the country where the Order is to be paid, the purchaser’s receipt stub only.
128. Revoked by S. I. 4 of 1975.
129. The payment of a money order drawn on an office abroad shall be subject to the regulations of the country of payment. The payee may be required to produce documentary evidence of his identity before payment.
130. Where money orders are being used by persons for the transmission of large sums of money, or to profit by an advance in the rate of exchange, or in other circumstances causing abuses or acting injuriously to the postal revenue,
Postmaster General not responsible for consequences of defects. 60 of 1967.
Issue of money order.
Regulations of country of payment to apply.
Irregular use of money order service.
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the Postmaster General on the direction of the Minister may increase the prescribed rates of commission, or suspend the issue of such money orders.
131. Orders issued in this country for payment abroad shall be valid for twelve months after the month of issue.
(c) Payment of Money Orders (British and Foreign)
132. No money order shall be paid unless:
(a) the corresponding advice has been previously received; except in the case of Canada, and the United States of America;
(b) the advice bears the date stamp of the office at which the order purports to have been issued; and
(c) the identity of the person presenting the money order is established to the satisfaction of the paying officer.
132:01 (1) The Postmaster General on application made to him in writing by persons who:
(a) have attained the age of sixteen years;
(b) are not otherwise under any legal incapacity;
(c) are Commonwealth citizens;
(d) are not undischarged bankrupts;
(e) have ordinarily resided in Belize for twelve months
Validity of money orders payable abroad.
Payment at Post Offices.
Application for postal identity card.
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at least previous to the date of application or are domiciled in Belize and are ordinarily resident therein at the date of such application;
may issue to such persons postal identity cards which may be used to establish the identity of persons for the purpose of postal transactions.
(2) Applications for postal identity cards shall be made to the Postmaster General in the form set out in Form 1 of the Fourth Schedule hereto, and shall be accompanied by two passport size photographs of the applicant, one of which shall bear on the back thereof a certificate as follows:
“I certify that this is a true likeness of the applicant Mr. Mrs. Miss .”
(3) Such certificate shall be signed by a Justice of the Peace, Minister of Religion, Head of Government Department, Medical Practitioner or Attorney-at-law, or an officer of the Police Force above the rank of Sergeant.
132:02 (1) All such postal identity cards shall be in the form set out in Form 2 of the Fourth Schedule hereto and shall be valid for a period of five years from the date of issue:
Provided that a postal identity card shall cease to be valid if the appearance of the holder is altered to such an extent that it no longer corresponds to the photograph or to the description.
(2) The fee for the issue of a postal identity card shall be fifty cents payable in stamps affixed to the card.
132:03 The Postmaster General shall keep a register in which shall be entered the names of all persons applying for postal identity cards, the date the card is issued and such other information as the Postmaster may consider necessary.
Form of postal identity card.
Keeping of register.
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133. (1) Subject to the provisions of these Regulations the paying officer shall make payment of every order presented (otherwise than through a Bank) when it is properly receipted, if the name of the remitter as furnished by the applicant, is in agreement with the advice, or appears on the order, unless the paying officer has good reason for believing that the applicant is neither the payee nor his agent.
(2) A money order payable to a limited liability company, corporation or society shall be completed by the insertion of the name of the company, corporation or society in the receipt space, together with the signature of a responsible officer, such as the secretary, manager, director, treasurer or accountant, and the description of his official position.
134. When an order is crossed for payment through a bank, payment shall be made to a duly accredited representative of the bank, if the order bears a legible imprint of the bank’s stamp.
135. If a payee is unable to write, he shall sign the receipt by making his mark, which shall be witnessed in writing. The witness shall sign his name and write his address in the presence of the paying officer. The paying officer shall not himself act as witness, and the witness must be personally acquainted with the payee.
136. After once paying a money order, foreign or inland by whomsoever presented, the Postmaster General shall not be liable to any further claim, nor to pay compensation for the loss or injury arising out of delay in payment of a money order or out of any other irregularity in connection with a money order.
137. Where the remitter of a money order desires to be advised of the date of payment of the order, he may apply to the office of issue either at the time of issue of the money order or subsequently, and pay a fee of five cents. The issuing Postmaster shall then arrange for the advice of payment to be sent to the remitter.
Method of payment.
Payment through bank.
Illiterate payee.
60 of 1967.
Non liability of Postmaster General.
Advice of payment of money order.
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138. If the payee of a money order desires to receive payment in this country at some other office than that upon which the order has been drawn, such transfer may be granted.
139. In the case of the miscarriage or loss of a money order during transmission by post a duplicate order shall be issued free of charge upon the presentation and surrender of the purchaser’s receipt stub not less than sixty days after the date of issue of the order.
140. Before a duplicate postal or money order is paid in this country the payee shall sign an indemnity in the form contained in the Third Schedule to these Regulations.
141. (1) Any person who has remitted a money order and who desires to stop payment thereof shall apply in writing to the Postmaster General enclosing his purchaser’s receipt stub and twenty-five cents in postage stamps.
(2) The Postmaster General may, not less than sixty days after the issue of such order and provided that such order has not been paid refund to such person the amount of such money order.
(3) The Postmaster General shall be under no liability to any payee where he has refunded the amount of any money order.
142. Repayment of an order, foreign or inland, may be made to the purchaser with the sanction of the Postmaster General.
143. Every money order, foreign or inland, issued by the Postmaster General shall become void at the expiration of twelve months from the date of issue.
144. Repayment of the amount of an original, a void or duplicate money order shall not be made to the remitter until an authorisation for such repayment is made by the Postmaster General.
Payment transferred to another office. 60 of 1967.
Loss of money order. 60 of 1967.
Indemnity to be given.
Procedure for stopping payment of a money order.
Repayment order.
Void orders.
Repayment of money order not be effected until authorised. 60 of 1967.
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145. Every money order issued in another country and payable in this country which has not been paid within twelve months of the month in which it was issued shall be void.
(d) Telegraph Money Orders (Overseas)
146. The Postmaster General may issue and pay Post Office telegraph money orders for sums not exceeding forty pounds to and from the United Kingdom respectively.
147. The charges for telegraph money orders issued in this country shall be:
(a) commission at the ordinary rate for money orders issued for payment in the United Kingdom; and
(b) the cost of the telegram of advice; and
(c) a supplementary fee of twenty-five cents.
148. On paying for the additional words required the remitter of a telegraph money order may add to the telegram of advice any short communication, in English, which he may wish to send to the payee, and may also if he so desires prepay the cost of a telegraphic reply to such communication.
149. The remitter of a telegraph money order shall defray all expenses and bear all losses resulting from the address of the telegram of advice or that of the payee being incorrect or insufficient to ensure due payment to that proper person.
150. If the remitter intends that a money order shall be called for at a post office, the words Poste Restante shall be written instead of an address after the payee’s name. In the absence of these words, it shall be assumed that the order is to be sent out for delivery.
Expiration of money orders issued abroad.
Extent of Service.
Fee payable.
Remitter may send private communication in advice telegram.
Full address to be furnished.
Poste Restante.
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151. The Postmaster General shall supply the remitter with an advice of payment on payment of a fee of twenty-five cents. If the remitter desires that a request for an advice of payment be communicated to the office of payment in the telegram of advice he shall also pay the cost of including the words “advise payment.”
152. Telegraph money orders may be sent from the General Post Office, Belize City, or from any other money order office in this country through the medium of the General Post Office, Belize City.
153. Telegraph money orders may be paid at any money order office in this country.
154. The provisions of these Regulations relating to foreign money orders shall apply (so far as they are practicable) to telegraph money orders exchanged with the United Kingdom.
155. The Postmaster General shall not be liable for any loss or damage which may be incurred or sustained by reason or on account of any mistake or default in the transmission or delivery of a telegraph money order.
(e) Issue and Payment of Inland Money Orders
156. Inland money orders shall be issued and paid at the General Post Office Belize City, and at the District Post Offices at San Ignacio, Corozal Town, Orange Walk Town, Dangriga Town and Punta Gorda.
157. The maximum amount for which a money order may be issued shall not exceed three hundred dollars.
158. Any person applying for an inland money order shall state the amount for which the order is to be issued and the officer issuing such order shall fill in the amount of such order and the purchaser shall fill in on such form the name
Advice of payment. 60 of 1967.
Offices issuing Telegraph Money Orders.
Offices paying Telegraph Money Orders.
Regulations to apply to telegraph order. 60 of 1967.
Non-liability of Postmaster General.
Offices transacting Money Order business.
Maximum amount of order.
Application for orders. 60 of 1967.
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and address of the payee and of the person remitting such order.
159. Payment of an inland money order shall be made at the Post Office named for payment therein on presentation of the order signed by the payee who shall, if required so to do by an officer of the Post Office, produce evidence of identity.
160. In the case of the miscarriage or loss of an inland money order a duplicate shall be issued by the Postmaster General on the written application of the person remitting such order accompanied by the relevant purchaser’s receipt stub.
161. The regulations relating to foreign money orders shall, so far as practicable, apply to inland money orders.
POSTAL ORDERS
(a) British
162. British postal orders shall be issued and paid at the General Post Office, Belize City, and at any of the post offices in this country as the Postmaster General may from time to time appoint.
163. British postal orders, payable at all the principal Post Offices in this country, in the United Kingdom and in the countries indicated in the Post Office Guide issued by Her Majesty’s Postmaster General shall be issued in this country in the denomination of five pence and thereafter in other eight different denominations of higher values up to twenty-five pence, with successive differential of two and a half pence between any two denominations, and in the denomination of thirty pence and thereafter in other thirteen denominations of higher values up to one hundred pence, that is £1, with successive differential of five pence between any two denominations, and in other denominations of multiple of £1 up to £10.
Payment of order. 60 of 1967.
Duplicate orders. 60 of 1967.
Foreign money order regulations to apply.
Offices transacting postal order business.
Denominations of British postal orders.
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164. British postal orders shall be subject to the following charges for poundage and commission:
Poundage Commission for each order 10p to £1 inclusive ……… 6p 12c for each order £2 to £5 …………………. 8p 24c for each order £6 to £10 ………………... 8p 32c
165. (1) The sender of a British postal order may increase its value:
(a) on postal orders of denominations up to and including twenty-five pence by not more than two pence; and
(b) on postal orders of denominations above twenty-five pence by not more than four and a half pence
by affixing this country’s postage stamps not exceeding two in number to the face of the order in the places provided.
(2) Stamps perforated with initials or marks or embossed or cut-out impressed stamps shall not be valid for such purposes.
166. British postal orders shall be valid for a period of six months from the last day of the month of issue. If after the expiration of that period the order is sent to the Postmaster General, Belize City, and if after inquiry the proper authority authorises payment, a commission equal to the original poundage shall be charged.
167. The Postmaster General shall not be liable to any further claim in regard to any British postal order which has once been paid, to whomsoever it may have been paid.
Poundage payable.
Extension of value by postage stamps. 23 of 1972.
Validity.
Non-Liability of Postmaster General.
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168. The name of the payee and the name of the office of payment shall be inserted in the appropriate place, and the order shall be properly receipted before any postal order is paid. In the case of a postal order payable to a limited liability company, corporation or society, the name of the company, corporation or society shall be stamped or written in the receipt space and below it shall appear the signature of some responsible officer such as secretary, manager, director, treasurer or accountant, with a description of his official position.
169. Any person presenting an inland or British postal order may be required to sign his own name thereto, notwithstanding that the receipt may have been already signed.
170. The Postmaster General may refuse payment of a postal order on which any erasure or alteration appears, or which has not been stamped and signed by the issuing Postmaster, or which has been cut, defaced or mutilated, and may in his discretion delay payment of an order.
171. The sender of a postal order may obtain repayment of the amount (but not the poundage) on presenting the order and the counterfoil at the issuing office. If the order has been crossed for payment through a bank, the sender shall first cancel the crossing by writing across the face of the order the words “Please pay cash” and adding his initials.
(b) Inland
172. Inland postal orders shall be sold and paid at the General Post Office, Belize City, and the District Post Offices at Corozal Town, Orange Walk Town, San Ignacio, Dangriga Town, Punta Gorda, and at such other post offices as the Postmaster General may from time to time appoint, and shall be in denominations of twenty-five cents, fifty cents, seventy-five cents, one dollar, two dollars, three dollars, five dollars and ten dollars.
Payments to the public.
Presenter to sign personally.
Erasure or alteration on postal order a bar to payment.
Repayment to sender.
Offices transacting inland postal order business.
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173. Inland postal orders shall be subject to the following charges for commission:
On an order of 25c a commission of ............................. 3cts. On an order of 50c a commission of ............................. 3cts. On an order of 75c a commission of ............................. 3cts. On an order of $1 a commission of ............................... 3cts. On an order of $2 a commission of ............................... 5cts. On an order of $3 a commission of ............................... 5cts. On an order of $5 a commission of ............................... 10cts. On an order of $10 a commission of ............................. 10cts.
174. The amount of an Inland Postal Order and the commission thereon must be paid in cash. Unused postage stamps of this country, not exceeding twenty-four cents (24 cents), may be affixed to a postal order for increasing to that extent the value of the order.
175. On the expiration of three months from the last day of the month in which an order was issued such order shall be payable only on payment of an amount equal to the commission originally charged, and in respect of every subsequent or additional period of three months or part thereof there shall be payable a like amount.
176. If more than six months have elapsed since the last day of the month in which the postal order was issued, payment will not be made without the sanction of the Postmaster General.
177. The Postmaster General shall not be liable to any further claim in regard to any inland postal order which has once been paid, to whomsoever it may have been paid.
Commission.
Payment.
Additional commission payable after three months.
Validity.
Non-liability of Postmaster General.
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178. On satisfactory proof, in writing, of the loss of an order, payment of the amount shall be made to the person who establishes his right thereto, only with the sanction of the Postmaster General. No claim will be entertained after the expiration of six months from the date of the issue of the order.
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Payment of lost order.
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FIRST SCHEDULE [Regulation 22]
Aden Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Ascension Island Australia, Commonwealth of Bahamas Barbados Bermuda Bostwana British Antarctic Territory British Solomon Islands Protectorate Brunei Canada Cayman Islands Ceylon Chagos Islands Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Cook (or Hervey Islands) Cyprus Dominica Falkland Islands and Falkland Islands Dependencies Fiji Gambia Ghana Gibraltar Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony Grenada Guyana Hong Kong India (including Anadaman and Nicobar Islands and the former French
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Indian territories) Jamaica Kenya Lesotho Malaysia, Federation of (comprising Federation of Malaya, Sarawak, Sabah
and Singapore) Malawi Maldive Islands Malta, G. C. Mauritius Montserrat Nauru Island New Guinea Territory (comprising north-eastern New Guinea; the Bismarck
Archipelago (New Britain; New Ireland; Lavongai; Admiralty and Duke of York Islands) and Buka and Bougainville (Solomon Islands)).
New Hebrides (including Banks and Torres Islands) New Zealand Nigeria, Federation of Norfolk Island Pakistan Papua Persian Gulf, British Post Offices in Bahrain, Dubai (including Sharjah) Muscat
and Qatar (Doha and Umm Said) Pitcairn Rhodesia St. Helena St. Kitts-Nevis St. Lucia St. Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa, (including Tokelau (or Union) Group) Seychelles Sierra Leone Swaziland Tanzania
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Tonga (Friendly Islands) Tortola (British Virgin Islands) Trinidad and Tobago Tristan Da Cunha Turks and Caicos Islands United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Zambia Zimbabwe
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SECOND SCHEDULE [Regulation 57]
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
FEE LIMIT OF COMPENSATION ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
$1.00 $ 150.00 2.00 300.00 3.00 450.00 4.00 600.00 5.00 750.00 6.00 900.00 7.00 1,050.00 8.00 1,200.00 9.00 1,350.00 10.00 1,500.00 11.00 1,650.00 12.00 1,800.00 13.00 1,950.00 14.00 2,000.00
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THIRD SCHEDULE [Regulation 140]
FORM OF INDEMNITY
I HEREBY CERTIFY that to the best of my knowledge and belief the original postal/money* order No. ................................................ issued in ...................................................... for ................................. in favour of .................................................................................... is lost or destroyed. If such original postal/money* order at any time comes into my possession I hereby undertake to deliver it to the Postmaster General.
On payment of a duplicate of such postal/money* order I hereby undertake to indemnify the Postmaster General from any loss caused to the Post Office through payment being made on such original postal/ money* order to any person whatsoever.
Signed ................................................ Witness..........................................................
Dated .................................................. *Delete inapplicable word.
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FOURTH SCHEDULE (FORM 1)
Government of Belize APPLICATION FOR POSTAL IDENTITY CARD
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
SURNAME Personal Description (in block capitals) _____________________________________________________________________________
CHRISTIAN NAMES (in full) Profession (in block capitals) Occupation _____________________________________________________________________________
Age Place of Date of Height ft, ins. last birthday Birth Birth
Colour of eyes
Colour of hair
_____________________________________________________________________________
Present address Special (in block capitals) peculiarities _____________________________________________________________________________
Usual place of residence (in block capitals) ________________________________________________________________________
DECLARATION
I, the undersigned, hereby apply for the issue of a postal identity card. I declare that the information given in the application is correct to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Signature: ........................................ Date: ............................................... __________________________________________________________________________________
NOTE: This application must be accompanied by two passport size photograos of the applicant, one of which shall bear on the reverse side the certificate: “I certify that this is a true likenes of Mr. Mrs. Miss .”
The certificate must be signed by a Justice of the Peace, Minister of Religion, Head of Government Department, Medical Practitioner or Attorney-at-law or an officer of the Police Force above the rank of Sergeant.
(Reg. 132A (2))
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(FORM 2)
[Regulation 132:02(2)]
POST IDENTITY CARD
CONVENTION FORMS
1 UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION POSTAL ADMINISTRATION
of .................................................. POSTAL IDENTITY CARD
1. This card, issued exclusively by the postal service, is recognised as proof of identity for post office business.
2. It is valid for five years from the day of issue; if, however, during the period of validity of the card, the appearance of the holder is so altered as no longer to agree with the photograph or the description, the card should be renewed.
3. Postal Administration are not responsible for the consequences of the loss, theft or fraudulent use of this card.
Photograph
Postage Stamp
Half on the photo-
graph
Signature of the holder
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POSTAL IDENTITY CARD
No. .........................
valid until .......... ............ 20.......
Name: ............................................
Forenames: .....................................
Profession: ......................................
Nationality: .....................................
Address: .........................................
Issued by the office, or authority of
....................................................
on the ........... ........... 2 ......
Official in charge:
Date-stamp or
official seal
Convention, Vienna 1964, art. 106 S 2-Size: 148 x105 mm
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4
Description
________
Date of birth: ...................................
Place of birth: ....................................
Height: ..............................................
Hair: .................................................
Eyes: ...............................................
Colouring: .....................................
Special mark: ..................................
.......................................................
.......................................................
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CHAPTER 228
AIR MAIL RATES REGULATIONS
ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS
1. Short title.
2. Rates specified.
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SCHEDULE ________________________
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CHAPTER 228
AIR MAIL RATES REGULATIONS (Section 50)
[1st April, 1983.]
1. These Regulations may be cited as the
AIR MAIL RATES REGULATIONS.
2. The rates specified in the Schedule hereto shall be charged on letters, postcards, newspapers and other articles sent by air mail to places designated in the said Schedule except in the case of air letters (aerogrammes) on which an all-in charge of thirty-five cents shall be made, irrespective of destination.
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22 of 1983. 9 of 1986. Ch. 187.
Short title.
Rates specified.
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Country of Destination ................................... Amount of charge on the following classes of mail for each 10 grams and for each additional 10 grams, or part thereof and for each post card.
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Abu Dhabi ................. C 1.00 .75 .60 .50 .30 Afghanistan ................ C 1.00 .75 .60 .50 .30 Albania ...................... B .75 .60 .40 .30 .20 Algeria ....................... C 1.00 .75 .60 .50 .30 Antigua ...................... A .60 .50 .30 .25 .15 Argentina ................... B .75 .60 .40 .30 .20 Ascension .................. C 1.00 .75 .60 .50 .30 Australia ..................... C 1.00 .75 .60 .50 .30 Austria ....................... B .75 .60 .40 .30 .20 Bahamas .................... A .60 .50 .30 .25 .15 Bahrain ...................... C 1.00 .75 .60 .50 .30 Barbados ................... A .60 .50 .30 .25 .15 Belgium ...................... B .75 .60 .40 .30 .20 Bermuda .................... A .60 .50 .30 .25 .15 Bhutan ....................... C 1.00 .75 .60 .50 .30 Bolivia ....................... B .75 .60 .40 .30 .20
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Botswana ................. C 1.00 .75 .60 .50 .30 Brazil ........................ B .75 .60 .40 .30 .20 Brunei ...................... C 1.00 .75 .60 .50 .30 Burma ...................... C 1.00 .75 .60 .50 .30 Burundi .................... C 1.00 .75 .60 .50 .30 Cameroon ................ C 1.00 .75 .60 .50 .30 Canada .................... A .60 .50 .30 .25 .15 Caroline Islands ....... C 1.00 .75 .60 .50 .30 Cayman Islands ....... A .60 .50 .30 .25 .15 Central African Republic ............. C 1.00 .75 .60 .50 .30 Ceylon .................... C 1.00 .75 .60 .50 .30 Chad ....................... C 1.00 .75 .60 .50 .30 Chile ........................ B .75 .60 .40 .30 .20 China ...................... C 1.00 .75 .60 .50 .30 Christmas Island (Indian Ocean) ... C 1.00 .75 .60 .50 .30 Cocos (Kelling) Island ................ C 1.00 .75 .60 .50 .30 Columbia ................ B .75 .60 .40 .30 .20 Comoro Island ........ C 1.00 .75 .60 .50 .30 Congo People’s Republic (Congo Brazzaville) ........ C 1.00 .75 .60 .50 .30 Congo (Democratic Republic) Zaire... C 1.00 .75 .60 .50 .30
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Costa Rica................ A .60 .50 .30 .25 .15 Cuba........................ A .60 .50 .30 .25 .15 Dahomey.................. C 1.00 .75 .60 .50 .30 Denmark.................. B .75 .60 .40 .30 .20 Dominica.................. A .60 .50 .30 .25 .15 Dominican Republic...A .60 .50 .30 .25 .15 Dubai....................... C 1.00 .75 .60 .50 .30 Ecuador................... B .75 .60 .40 .30 .20 El Salvador.............. A .60 .50 .30 .25 .15 Equitorial Guinea (Spanish Guinea)..C 1.00 .75 .60 .50 .30 Ethiopia ................... C 1.00 .75 .60 .50 .30 Falkland Islands & Dependencies...... B .75 .60 .40 .30 .20 Fiji........................... C 1.00 .75 .60 .50 .30 France...................... B .75 .60 .40 .30 .20 French Guiana ......... B .75 .60 .40 .30 .20 French Polynesia...... C 1.00 .75 .60 .50 .30 French Territory of the Afars and Issas.................. C 1.00 .75 .60 .50 .30 French West Indies. A .60 .50 .30 .25 .15 Gabon.................... C 1.00 .75 .60 .50 .30 Gambia.................. C 1.00 .75 .60 .50 .30
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Gaza and Khan Yunis...................... C 1.00 .75 .60 .50 .30 German Federal Republic (West Germany)..... B .75 .60 .40 .30 .20 German Democratic Republic (East Germany)...... B .75 .60 .40 .30 .20 Ghana......................... C 1.00 .75 .60 .50 .30 Gilbert & Ellice Islands.C 1.00 .75 .60 .50 .30 Grenada...................... A .60 .50 .30 .25 .15 Guatemala................... A .60 .50 .30 .25 .15 Guinea........................ C 1.00 .75 .60 .50 .30 Guyana....................... B .75 .60 .40 .30 .20 Great Britain............... B .75 .60 .40 .30 .20 Greece....................... B .75 .60 .40 .30 .20 Haiti........................... A .60 .50 .30 .25 .15 Honduras Republic..... A .60 .50 .30 .25 .15 Hong Kong................ C 1.00 .75 .60 .50 .30 Holland...................... B .75 .60 .40 .30 .20 Hungary..................... B .75 .60 .40 .30 .20 India.......................... C 1.00 .75 .60 .50 .30 Indonesia .................. C 1.00 .75 .60 .50 .30 Iran........................... C 1.00 .75 .60 .50 .30 Iraq.......................... C 1.00 .75 .60 .50 .30
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Israel.......................... C 1.00 .75 .60 .50 .30 Italy............................ B .75 .60 .40 .30 .20 Ivory Coast................ C 1.00 .75 .60 .50 .30 Jamaica...................... A .60 .50 .30 .25 .15 Japan......................... C 1.00 .75 .60 .50 .30 Jordan....................... C 1.00 .75 .60 .50 .30 Kenya....................... C 1.00 .75 .60 .50 .30 Khmer Republic (formerly Cambodia)........... C 1.00 .75 .60 .50 .30 Korea....................... C 1.00 .75 .60 .50 .30 Kuwait...................... C 1.00 .75 .60 .50 .30 Laos.......................... C 1.00 .75 .60 .50 .30 Lebanon.................... C 1.00 .75 .60 .50 .30 Leeward Islands........ A .60 .50 .30 .25 .15 Lesotho..................... C 1.00 .75 .60 .50 .30 Liberia....................... C 1.00 .75 .60 .50 .30 Libyan Arab Republic.C 1.00 .75 .60 .50 .30 Macao....................... C 1.00 .75 .60 .50 .30 Malagasy Republic..... C 1.00 .75 .60 .50 .30 Malawi....................... C 1.00 .75 .60 .50 .30 Malaya....................... C 1.00 .75 .60 .50 .30 Maldives.................... C 1.00 .75 .60 .50 .30 Mali........................... C 1.00 .75 .60 .50 .30 Marian Islands........... C 1.00 .75 .60 .50 .30 Marshall Islands......... C 1.00 .75 .60 .50 .30
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Mauritania................... C 1.00 .75 .60 .50 .30 Mauritius..................... C 1.00 .75 .60 .50 .30 Mexico....................... A .60 .50 .30 .25 .15 Mongolia.................... C 1.00 .75 .60 .50 .30 Montserrat.................. A .60 .50 .30 .25 .15 Morocco..................... C 1.00 .75 .60 .50 .30 Nauru Island................ C 1.00 .75 .60 .50 .30 Nepal.......................... C 1.00 .75 .60 .50 .30 Netherlands Antilles.... A .60 .50 .30 .25 .15 New Caledonia.......... C 1.00 .75 .60 .50 .30 New Guinea Territory..C 1.00 .75 .60 .50 .30 New Hebrides............ C 1.00 .75 .60 .50 .30 New Zealand.............. C 1.00 .75 .60 .50 .30 New Zealand Island Territories.............. C 1.00 .75 .60 .50 .30 Nicaragua.................. A .60 .50 .30 .25 .15 Nigeria....................... C 1.00 .75 .60 .50 .30 Niger Republic........... C 1.00 .75 .60 .50 .30 Norfolk Island............ C 1.00 .75 .60 .50 .30 Norway...................... B .75 .60 .40 .30 .20 Oman (Sultantate of).. C 1.00 .75 .60 .50 .30 Pakistan.................... C 1.00 .75 .60 .50 .30 Panama (Republic of).A .60 .50 .30 .25 .15 Panama (Canal Zone).A .60 .50 .30 .25 .15 Papua....................... C 1.00 .75 .60 .50 .30
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Paraguay..................... B .75 .60 .40 .30 .20 Peru............................ B .75 .60 .40 .30 .20 Philippines................... C 1.00 .75 .60 .50 .30 Pitcairn Island.............. C 1.00 .75 .60 .50 .30 Portugal...................... B .75 .60 .40 .30 .20 Portuguese East Africa.C 1.00 .75 .60 .50 .30 Portuguese Timor........ C 1.00 .75 .60 .50 .30 Portuguese West AfricaC 1.00 .75 .60 .50 .30 Puerto Rico................ A .60 .50 .30 .25 .15 Qatar (State of).......... C 1.00 .75 .60 .50 .30 Reunion...................... C 1.00 .75 .60 .50 .30 Rhodesia.................... C 1.00 .75 .60 .50 .30 Russia (See U.S.S.R.).B .75 .60 .40 .30 .20 Rwanda..................... C 1.00 .75 .60 .50 .30 Sabah........................ C 1.00 .75 .60 .50 .30 St. Helena.................. C 1.00 .75 .60 .50 .30 St. Kitts-Nevis- Anguilla................. A .60 .50 .30 .25 .15 St Lucia...................... A .60 .50 .30 .25 .15 St. Pierre & Miquelon..A .60 .50 .30 .25 .15 St. Vincent.................. A .60 .50 .30 .25 .15 Samoa U.S.A. Territory................. C 1.00 .75 .60 .50 .30 Sarawak..................... C 1.00 .75 .60 .50 .30 Saudi Arabia.............. C 1.00 .75 .60 .50 .30
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Senegal...................... C 1.00 .75 .60 .50 .30 Seychelles.................. C 1.00 .75 .60 .50 .30 Sharjah...................... C 1.00 .75 .60 .50 .30 Sierra Leone.............. C 1.00 .75 .60 .50 .30 Singapore.................. C 1.00 .75 .60 .50 .30 Solomon Islands........ C 1.00 .75 .60 .50 .30 Somali Democratic Republic.............. C 1.00 .75 .60 .50 .30 South Africa.............. C 1.00 .75 .60 .50 .30 Spain........................ B .75 .60 .40 .30 .20 Spanish Territories of North Africa (Cueta Chafarinas, Jadu & Melilla).... C 1.00 .75 .60 .50 .30 Spanish West Africa..C 1.00 .75 .60 .50 .30 Sudan Democratic Republic.............. C 1.00 .75 .60 .50 .30 Surinam.................... B .75 .60 .40 .30 .20 Swaziland................. C 1.00 .75 .60 .50 .30 Sweden.................... B .75 .60 .40 .30 .20 Switzerland............... B .75 .60 .40 .30 .20 Syria........................ C 1.00 .75 .60 .50 .30 Taiwan (Formosa).... C 1.00 .75 .60 .50 .30 Tanzania (Tanganyika & Zanzibar)............. C 1.00 .75 .60 .50 .30 Thailand (Siam) ....... C 1.00 .75 .60 .50 .30
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Tibet............................. C 1.00 .75 .60 .50 .30 Togo............................. C 1.00 .75 .60 .50 .30 Tongo (Friendly Islands).C 1.00 .75 .60 .50 .30 Tortola (British Virgin Islands).......... A .60 .50 .30 .25 .15 Trinidad & Tobago........ A .60 .50 .30 .25 .15 Tristan de Cunha........... C 1.00 .75 .60 .50 .30 Tunisia.......................... C 1.00 .75 .60 .50 .30 Turks & Caicos Islands.A .60 .50 .30 .25 .15 Uganda........................ C 1.00 .75 .60 .50 .30 United Arab Republic (Egypt).................. C 1.00 .75 .60 .50 .30 United States of America................. A .60 .50 .30 .25 .15 Upper Volta................ C 1.00 .75 .60 .50 .30 Uruguay...................... B .75 .60 .40 .30 .20 U.S.S.R.-Russia......... B .75 .60 .40 .30 .20 Venezuela................... B .75 .60 .40 .30 .20 Vietnam...................... C 1.00 .75 .60 .50 .30 Virgin Islands of U.S.A. ................ A .60 .50 .30 .25 .15 Wake Island............... C 1.00 .75 .60 .50 .30 Western Samoa.......... C 1.00 .75 .60 .50 .30 Windward Islands....... A .60 .50 .30 .25 .15 Yemen........................ C 1.00 .75 .60 .50 .30
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Yugoslavia..................... B .75 .60 .40 .30 .20 Zambia.......................... C 1.00 .75 .60 .50 .30 Zaire (Democratic Republic of Congo).. C 1.00 .75 .60 .50 .30
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CHAPTER 228
FOREIGN PARCEL POST RATES REGULATIONS
ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS
1. Short title.
2. Rates charged on Parcels in Schedules.
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FIRST SCHEDULE ________________________
SECOND SCHEDULE ________________________
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CHAPTER 228
FOREIGN PARCEL POST RATES REGULATIONS (Section 50)
[1st August, 1982.]
1. These Regulations may be cited as the
FOREIGN PARCEL POST RATES REGULATIONS.
2. The rates specified in the First and Second Schedules to these Regulations shall be charged on all parcels designated in the said Schedules in addition to any administrative and terminal Transit charges of the country of destination.
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Short title.
69 of 1982. Ch. 187.
Rates charged on Parcels in Schedules.
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SEA MAIL RATES
Destination Postage on Parcels not exceeding 1 Kilo 3 Kilo 5 Kilo 10 Kilo 15 Kilo
U.S.A. $5.00 $7.00 $10.00 $18.00 $23.00 U.K. 7.00 9.00 12.00 16.00 25.00
Parcels for other countries are despatched through the United States of America. These countries are placed in two zones and the rates are:
Destination Postage on Parcels not exceeding 1 Kilo 3 Kilo 5 Kilo 10 Kilo 15 Kilo
A $4.00 $6.00 $9.00 $20.00 $25.00 B 5.00 8.00 14.00 25.00 27.00
The appropriate rate A and B is indicated against each country in the following schedule.
Country of Destination
Abu Dhabi A Afghanistan B Albania A Algeria A Antigua and Barbuda A Angola B Auguilla A Argentia A Ascension A Austria B
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Country of Destination (cont’d)
Australia A Azores A Bahamas A Bahrain A Barbados A Belgium A Benin A Bermuda A Bhutan A Bolivia B Botswana B Brazil A Brunei A Bulgaria B Binkina Faso B Burma A Burundi B Cameroon A Canada A Canary Islands A Caroline Islands A Cayman Islands A Central African Republic B Ceylon (Sri Lanka) A Chad B Chile A China A Christmas Islands A Cocos (Keeling) Islands A Columbia A Comoro Island A
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Country of Destination (cont’d)
Congo People’s Republic A Congo (Democratic) Republic A Costa Rica A Cuba A Cyprus A Czechoslovakia B Dahomey A Denmark A Dominica A Dubai A Ecuador A El Salvador A Equitorial Guinea A Ethiopia A Falkland Islands and Dependencies A Fiji A France A French Guiana A French Polynesia A French Territory of the Afars and Issas (Djibouti) A French West Indies A Gaboon A Gambia A Gaza and Khan Yunis A German Federal Republic A German Democratic Republic A Ghana A Gilbert and Ellice Island A Grenada A Guatemala A Guadeloupe A
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Country of Destination (cont’d)
Guinea B Guyana A Great Britain Direct Guam A Greece A Haiti A Honduras Republic A Hong Kong A Holland A Hungary B India A Indonesia A Iran B Iraq A Israel A Italy A Ivory Coast A Jamaica A Japan A Jordan A Kenya A Khmer Republic (formerly Cambodia) A Korea A Kuwait A Laos A Lebanon A Leeward Islands A Lesotho A Liberia A Libyan Arab Republic A Luxembourg A
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Country of Destination (cont’d)
Macao A Madeira A Malagasy Republic A Malawi B Malaya A Maldives A Mali A Malta A Marian Islands A Marshall Islands A Martinique A Mauritania A Mauritius A Mexico Direct Montserrat A Morocco A Muscat and Oman A Mauru Island A Nepal B Netherlands Antilles A New Caledonia A New Guinea Territory A New Hebrides A New Zealand A New Zealand Island Territory A Nicaragua A Niger Republic B Norfolk Island A Norway A Oman (Sultanate of) A Okinawa A
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Country of Destination (cont’d)
Pakistan A Panama Canal Zone A Papua New Guinea B Paraguay A Peru A Phillipines A Pitcairn Islands A Portugal A Portuguese East Africa A Portuguese West Africa A Puerto Rico A Qatar (State of) A Reunion A Romania A Russia (see U.S.S.R.) A Rwanda B Sabah A St. Helena A St. Kitts and Nevis A St. Lucia A St. Pierre and Miguelon A St. Vincent and the Grenadines A Samoa (U.S.A. Territory) A Sarawak A Saudi Arabia A Senegal A Seychelles A Sharjah A Sierra Leone A Singapore A Solomon Islands A
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Country of Destination (cont’d)
Somali Dominican Republic A South Africa A Spain A Spanish Territories of North Africa (Conter, Java and Milillan) A Spanish West Africa A Sudan Democratic Republic A Suriname A Swaziland B Sweden A Switzerland B Syria A Tanzania A Thailand A Togo A Tonga (Friendly Islands) A Tortola (British Virgin Islands) A Trinidad and Tobago A Tristan da Cunha A Tunisia A Turks and Caicos Islands A Uganda B United Arab Republic (Egypt) A United States of America Direct Upper Volta B Uruguay A U.S.S.R. (Russia) A Venezuela A Vietnam A Virgin Islands of the U.S.A. A Wake Islands A Windward Islands A
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Country of Destination (cont’d)
Yemen A Yemen (People’s Democratic Republic of) A Yugoslavia A Zambia A Zaire (Democratic Republic of) A Zimbabwe B
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SECOND SCHEDULE
AIR PARCEL MAIL RATES
Each 1/2 Kilogram or part thereof
Country of Destination $ Afghanistan 7.00 Albania 6.00 Algeria 6.00 Antigua and Barbuda 4.00 Angola 6.00 Anguilla 4.00 Argentina 6.00 Ascension 6.00 Austria 6.00 Australia 7.00 Azores 6.00 Bahamas 4.00 Bahrain 7.00 Barbados 4.00 Belgium 6.00 Benin 7.00 Bermuda 4.00 Bhutan 7.00 Bolivia 6.00 Botswana 8.00 Brazil 6.00 Brunei 8.00 Burma 7.00 Burundi 8.00 Cameroon 7.00 Canada 4.00 Canary Islands 6.00
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Each 1/2 Kilogram or part thereof
Country of Destination $
Caroline Islands 7.00 Cayman Islands 4.00 Central African Republic 7.00 Ceylon 8.00 Chad 8.00 Chile 6.00 China 8.00 Christmas Islands 8.00 Cocos (Keeling Islands) 5.00 Columbia 5.00 Comoro Islands 8.00 Congo People’s Republic (Congo Brazzaville) 7.00 Congo Democratic Republic 7.00 Costa Rica 4.00 Cuba 4.00 Cyprus 7.00 Dahomey 7.00 Denmark 7.00 Dominica 4.00 Dominican Republic 4.00 Dubai 7.00 Equador 7.00 El Salvador 4.00 Equatorial Guinea 7.00 Spanish Guinea 7.00 Ethiopia 7.00 Falkland Islands and Dependencies 7.00 Fiji Islands and Dependencies 7.00 France 7.00
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Each 1/2 Kilogram or part thereof
Country of Destination $
French Guinea 7.00 French Polynesia 7.00 French Territories of Afras and Issas 7.00 French West Indies 4.00 Gabon 7.00 Gambia 7.00 Gaza and Khan Ynis 7.00 German Federal Republic West Germany 5.00 General Federal Republic East Africa 5.00 Ghana 7.00 Gilbert and Ellice Islands 8.00 Grenada 4.00 Guatemala 4.00 Guadeloupe 4.00 Guinea 4.00 Guyana 4.00 Great Britain 5.00 Guam 5.00 Haiti 4.00 Honduras Republic 4.00 Hong Kong 5.00 Holland 5.00 Hungary 5.00 India 5.00 Indonesia 5.00 Iran 5.00 Iraq 7.00 Israel 5.00 Italy 5.00 Ivory Coast 5.00
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Each 1/2 Kilogram or part thereof
Country of Destination $
Jamaica 5.00 Japan 5.00 Jordan 5.00 Kenya 5.00 Korea 5.00 Kuwait 5.00 Kymer Republic 5.00 Laos 5.00 Lebanon 5.00 Leeward Islands 5.00 Lesotho 7.00 Liberia 7.00 Libyan Arab Republic 7.00 Madeira 5.00 Malagasy 8.00 Malawi 8.00 Malaya 8.00 Maldives 7.00 Mali 5.00 Malta 5.00 Marian Islands 5.00 Marshall Islands 5.00 Martinique 4.00 Mauritania 5.00 Mauritius 8.00 Mexico 5.00 Montserrat 5.00 Morocco 5.00 Muscat and Oman 7.00 Nauru 7.00
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Each 1/2 Kilogram or part thereof
Country of Destination $
Nepal 7.00 Netherland Antilles 4.00 New Caledonia 7.00 New Guinea Territory 7.00 New Hebrides 7.00 New Zealand 7.00 New Zealand Island Territories 7.00 Nicaragua 4.00 Nigeria 5.00 Niger Republic 5.00 Norfolk Island 7.00 Norway 5.00 Oman (Sultanate of) 7.00 Okinawa 7.00 Pakistan 7.00 Panama 4.00 Panama Canal Zone 4.00 Papus 7.00 Paraguay 5.00 Peru 5.00 Phillipines 7.00 Pitcairn Island 7.00 Portugal 5.00 Portuguese East Africa 7.00 Portuguese Timor 7.00 Portuguese West Africa 7.00 Puerto Rico 4.00 Qatar (State of) 7.00 Reunion 7.00 Russia (U.S.S.R.) 7.00
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Each 1/2 Kilogram or part thereof
Country of Destination $
Sabah 7.00 St. Helena 7.00 St. Kitts-Nevis 4.00 St. Lucia 4.00 St. Pierre and Miguelon 4.00 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 4.00 Samoa U.S.A. Territory 5.00 Sarawak 7.00 Saudi Arabia 7.00 Senegal 7.00 Seychelles 7.00 Sharjah 7.00 Sierra Leone 7.00 Singapore 7.00 Solomon Islands 7.00 Somali Dominican Republic 7.00 South Africa 7.00 Spain 5.00 Spanish Territories of North Africa (Counter, Java and Milillan) 7.00 Spanish West Africa 7.00 Sudan Democratic Republic 7.00 Suriname 5.00 Swaziland 7.00 Sweden 5.00 Switzerland 5.00 Syria 5.00 Taiwan (Fomosa) 5.00 Tanzania (Tanganyika and Zanzibar) 7.00 Thailand (Siam) 7.00
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Each 1/2 Kilogram or part thereof
Country of Destination $
Togoland 5.00 Tonga (Friendly Islands) 5.00 Tortola (British Virgin Islands) 4.00 Trinidad and Tobago 4.00 Tristan da Cunha 5.00 Tunisia 7.00 Turks and Caicos Islands 4.00 Uganda 7.00 United Arab Republic 7.00 United States of America 3.00 Upper Volta 7.00 Uruguay 5.00 U.S.S.R. (Russia) 7.00 Venezuela 5.00 Vietnam 7.00 Virgin Islands of U.S.A. 4.00 Wake Island 5.00 Western Samoa 5.00 Windward Islands 4.00 Yemen 7.00 Yemen (People’s Democratic Republic of) 7.00 Yugoslavia 7.00 Zambia 8.00 Zaire (Democratic Republic of) 7.00 Zimbabwe 7.00
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CHAPTER 228
POST OFFICE (POSTAL AGENCY) REGULATIONS
ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS
1. Short title.
2. Licence.
3. Value of stamps issued.
4. Commission.
5. Deductions.
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FIRST SCHEDULE ________________________
SECOND SCHEDULE ________________________
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CHAPTER 238
POST OFFICE (POSTAL AGENCY) REGULATIONS (Section 50)
[16th March, 1968.]
1. These Regulations may be cited as the
POST OFFICE (POSTAL AGENCY) REGULATIONS.
2. (1) The Postmaster General may, with the approval of the Minister, grant to any person, hereinafter called a stamp vendor, a licence in the form specified in the First Schedule to these Regulations to sell postage stamps at the premises specified in the licence.
(2) The Postmaster General may attach to any licence such conditions as he may think fit and may require before the grant of any licence that a deposit be made with him by the stamp vendor of a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars.
(3) All licences granted under the provisions of sub-regulation (1) of this regulation shall be valid for one year from the date of issue provided that the Postmaster General may, with the approval of the Minister, revoke any licence if there has been a breach of any of the conditions contained in such licence.
3. (1) Subject to the provisions of sub-regulation (2) of this regulation the Postmaster General shall issue to every stamp vendor postage stamps in such denominations as the stamp vendor requests at such times as the stamp vendor may require.
(2) No stamp vendor shall have in his possession at any time
Ch. 187. 13 of 1968. 39 of 1975. 56 of 1982.
Short title.
Licence.
First Schedule.
Value of stamps issued.
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postage stamps in excess of the value of five hundred dollars or less than the value of one hundred dollars.
(3) For the purposes of sub-regulation (2) of this regulation the expression “postage stamps” shall include monies received by the stamp vendor for the sale of postage stamps but not yet paid to the Postmaster General.
4. (1) There shall be paid to stamp vendors by the Postmaster General on sales of postage stamps commission calculated in accordance with the provisions of the Second Schedule to these Regulations.
(2) Notwithstanding that the commission payable to stamp vendors is calculated on the annual sales of postage stamps sold by stamp vendors such commission shall be paid to stamp vendors at half yearly intervals.
5. Upon the expiry or revocation of any licence under any of the provisions of regulation 2 of these Regulations the Postmaster General shall deduct from any deposit which may have been made with him by the stamp vendor whose licence has been revoked or has expired such sum, if any, as may be due from the stamp vendor to the Postmaster General in respect of postage stamps issued to him and shall pay the balance of the deposit to the stamp vendor.
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Commission. Second Schedule.
Deductions.
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(Name) ........................................................................................................ of (address of place of sale) ........................................................................ is licensed to sell postage stamps.
This licence shall expire on the day of 2 and is subject to the following conditions:
1. No postage stamps shall be sold other than at the premises specified above.
2. ................................................................................................................
3. ................................................................................................................
Postmaster General
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SECOND SCHEDULE
Rates of commission payable to a stamp vendor on the value of postage stamps sold by him during the currency of a licence:
On the first $2,000 ................................................................................... 10% On the next $2,000................................................................................. 5% On the next $2,000.................................................................................... 4% On all sales in excess of $6,000......................................................................................3%
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CHAPTER 228
POST OFFICE (QUEEN’S SQUARE) REGULATIONS
ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS
1. Short title.
2. Establishment of Post Office.
3. Services provided.
4. Opening hours, etc..
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CHAPTER 228
POST OFFICE (QUEEN’S SQUARE) REGULATIONS (Section 50)
[29th December, 2001.]
1. These Regulations may be cited as the
POST OFFICE (QUEEN’S SQUARE) REGULATIONS.
2. There is hereby established a Post Office to be known as the Queen’s Square Post Office situated on Dolphin Street, on the south side of Belize City.
3. The Queen’s Square Post Office shall provide the full range of postal services that are provided at the General Post Office and such other additional services as the Postmaster General considers necessary.
4. The opening hours and the terms and conditions for the services, the management and staff of the Queen’s Square Post Office shall be those applicable to the General Post Office.
MADE by the Minister responsible for the Post Office this 5th day of December, 2001.
(DICKIE BRADLEY) Minister responsible for the Post Office
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181 of 2001. Ch. 228.
Short title.
Establishment of Post Office.
Services provided.
Opening hours, etc.
