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(b)

any Postal Article having on its face or cover words or designs of indecent,
obscene, scurrilous, threatening or grossly offensive depictions;

(c)

any Postal Article bearing a fictitious stamp or purporting to be prepaid with any
postage stamp which has previously been used in payment of stamp charges;

(d)

other Postal Articles which the Authority may by regulation prohibit.

The Authority may make regulations in respect of the articles prohibited by sub-section (1)
of this section and for detaining, disposing of, or destroying such Postal Articles sent or
tendered for transmission by post.

Evidence of Return of Postal Articles.
In any proceedings for recovery of any postage or other charges alleged to be due under this Act in
respect of such Postal Article:

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(1)

The production of the Postal Article bearing the official mark of the Licensee or the
signature of an employee of the Licensee denoting that the article has been refused,
returned unopened or unclaimed, or that the addressee is dead or cannot be found, shall
be prima facie evidence of the fact so denoted.

(2)

The person from whom the Postal Article stated to have come shall, until the contrary is
proved, be deemed to be the sender of such Postal Article.

(3)

Production of the Postal Article bearing the official mark of a public postal Licensee
denoting that any postage or other charge is due in respect of the Postal Article to the
operator or to the postal administration of any foreign country, shall be conclusive
evidence for all intents and purposes that the sum so indicated on it is due.

Postal Financial Services.
(1)

The Authority may allow a public postal Licensee to carry out postal financial services on its
own account in accordance with the provisions of this Act and applicable regulations.

(2)

For purposes of this Section, “Postal Financial Services” include but may not be limited to
money orders, postal orders, postal drafts, postal cheques, postal traveler’s cheques, cash-ondelivery, collection of bills, savings service, subscription to newspapers and periodicals or
other forms of financial service as the Authority may prescribe.

CHAPTER VII
INTERCONNECTION, INFRASTRUCTURE SHARING AND
ANTI-COMPETITIVE PRACTICES
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Interconnection between Networks.
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