or to the right of return of an already accepted article and shall not be acceptable as
proof of the nature of the contents of the postal article to which it related.
9. Disposing undeliverable postal articles.
(1) Domestic letters or other postal articles that cannot be delivered due to an
undecipherable or non-existent address or post code may be opened by a postal
licensee and where the letter or article is capable of being delivered based on
information in the letter or article; the postal licensee shall deliver the letter or
article delivered accordingly.
(2) Where a letter or postal article opened under paragraph (1), is incapable of
being delivered, but contains the address of a sender, it shall be returned to the
sender.
(3) Every undeliverable postal article that has been opened and remains
undeliverable may be kept for a minimum period of three months and may
thereafter be destroyed.
(4) Where the letter or postal article opened contains any thing of value or a
saleable article, it shall be kept safely and a record thereof opened and maintained
by a postal licensee for a period of six months and if not claimed, the contents shall
be disposed of in accordance with the Disposal of Uncollected Goods Act. Cap. 38.
(5) Where a letter or postal article is opened as provided by this regulation, the
licensee shall affix a mark on the letter or postal article indicating the(a) date and time of opening;
(b) period it has remained undelivered;
(c) contents ; and
(d) manner the licensee decides to deal with the undelivered article.
(6) Where a letter or postal article is returned to the sender because of being
undeliverable as addressed and the sender refuses to take delivery, the letter or
postal article shall be dealt with as provided under paragraph (3).
10. Postal articles of dead persons.
Where a postal licensee is satisfied that the addressee of a postal article is dead, it