CHAPTER V: SANCTIONS
Article 42: Provision of postal or courier services without a license
Any person who provides postal or courier services without a license in accordance with the
provisions of these Regulations shall be liable to an administrative fine of between five
hundred thousand (500,000) and three million (3,000,000) Rwanda francs and its operations
shall be suspended.
Article 43: Non-compliance with enforcement notice
Where a postal or courier service licensee does not comply with an enforcement notice issued
by the Authority in accordance with the provisions of these Regulations, such a licensee shall
be liable to an administrative fine of between one million (1,000,000) and five million
(5,000,000) Rwanda francs.
Article 44: Transfer of license without authorization
Where a postal or courier service licensee assigns or lends its licence without the written consent
of the regulatory authority, such a licensee shall be liable to an administrative fine of between
one million (1,000,000) and five million (5,000,000) Rwanda francs. The license may be
suspended where necessary.
Article 45: Refusal to provide information relating to a postal or courier
operator
Where a postal or courier service provision licensee fails or refuses to provide information or
provides incomplete or false information on a postal or a courier operator functioning, or does
not provide the information in the manner or in the time prescribed, such a licensee shall be liable
to an administrative fine of between five hundred thousand (500,000) and one million
(1,000,000) Rwanda francs.
Article 46: Hindering inspection
Where a postal or courier service licensee wilfully delays or obstructs the inspection of the
regulatory authority, such a licensee shall be liable to an administrative fine of between five
hundred thousand (500,000) and one million (1,000,000) Rwanda francs.
Article 47: Use of false information for license application
Where, for the purposes of obtaining, whether for himself/herself or another person, a postal or
courier service license, a person provides information which he/she knows to be false, he/she
shall be liable to an administrative fine of between five hundred thousand (500,000) and one
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