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Uganda Communications Act
2013
without a licence issued under this Act.
(2) A person shall not require a licence to convey, deliver or
distribute the following postal articles—
(a) articles for delivery to another person or persons to whom
they are directed, without hire, reward or other profit or
advantage for receiving, carrying or delivering them;
(b) articles solely concerning goods or other property sent by
land, water or air, and delivered with the goods or property
to which the letters relate without hire, reward, profit or
advantage for receiving them, and the articles are open to
inspection and have subscribed on them the words
“consignee’s articles” or other words to that effect.
34. Subcontracting by a licensee.
(1) In the case of postal services, a licensee may use a
subcontractor to perform the services subject to the licensee’s
responsibility to comply with all obligations and conditions under the
licence and this Act.
(2) The liability of a subcontractor of a licensee under subsection
(1) in the collection, transmission or delivery of any postal article or
for loss or delay of or damage to the article or any other loss or
damage in relation to the performance of postal services shall be the
same as the liability of the licensee.
(3) Subsection (2) does not affect the liability of the
subcontractor to the licensee.
35. Protection of postal articles.
(1) A person engaged in postal services shall protect any postal
article and ensure that an employee of that person does not—
(a) open the article;
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