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Uganda Communications Act
2013
(b) know or disclose the contents of a postal article;
(c) deliver an article in the course of transmission to a person
other than the addressee, without the consent of the
addressee;
(d) permit that article to be opened or delivered to a person
other than the addressee, without the consent of the
addressee, or permit anyone other than the addressee to
know or to disclose the contents of a postal article.
(2) Any person who negligently or knowingly fails to comply
with subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable on conviction to
a fine not exceeding one hundred and twenty currency points or
imprisonment for a period not exceeding five years or both on the first
conviction; and a fine not exceeding two hundred and forty currency
points or imprisonment for a period not exceeding ten years or both
on a subsequent conviction.
(3) Subsection (1) does not apply to an article opened or
disposed of under—
(a) the law regulating customs;
(b) any other law prohibiting or regulating the importation or
exportation of an article;
(c) any regulation permitting the opening of a postal article for
the purposes of ascertaining details pertaining to the sender
or addressee which are necessary in order to return or
deliver the postal article.
36. Limitation of liability of a licensee.
(1) The liability of a holder of a licence for—
(a) the loss, misdelivery or delay of or damage to, any postal
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