42 No. 3
Electronic and Postal Communications
2010
constitute a hazard to public health and safety such
as(i)
firearms or armaments of description;
(ii) drug and other prohibited narcotic substances
except those legally authorized or dispatched
for medical or scientific purposes;
(iii) live animals or plants except those allowed by
international conventions ratified by United
Republic;
(iv) dead animals;
(v) correspondence or postal items whose
envelope, container or packaging contains
words, image, drawing or other messages of an
injurious, threatening or offensive nature;
(vi) correspondence or postal items whose
circulation in United Republic on export or
imports is prohibited; or
(vii) perishable foodstuffs.
(3) Failure to comply with any of the provisions of this section
shall entail retention of the offending correspondence or postal item
by the postal licensee or its apprehension by the competent
authority, in accordance with the rules and without prejudice to the
applicable administrative and penal sanctions.
(4) The sender shall be liable to the postal licensee for any
damage caused by failure to comply with the portability
requirements established in this Act, except in cases of error or
negligence by the postal licensee involved in any of the activities
inherent in postal services.
(5) The Correspondence or postal items subject to legal or
fiscal formalities shall be accepted only under total and exclusive
liability on the sender’s part as to compliance with such
requirements.