Postal Services Act (Cap. 254)

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1. ст. 1 Short title.
2. ст. 2 Interpretation.
3. PART II
4. ст. 3 Regulatory authority.
5. ст. 4 Appeals.
6. ст. 4A Observance of the principles of good administrative behaviour.
7. ст. 5 Functions and procedure of the Appeal Board.
8. ст. 6 Appeal to the Court of Appeal (Inferior Jurisdiction).
9. ст. 7 Requirement of authorisation for postal services.
10. ст. 8 Individual licences and general authorisations.
11. ст. 9 Grant or refusal of authorisation.
12. ст. 9A Default of a reply does not amount to the granting of a licence.
13. ст. 10 Grounds for refusal.
14. ст. 11 Non-compliance with conditions of general authorisations.
15. ст. 12 Non-complianceof individual licences.
16. ст. 13 Transferability of authorisation.
17. ст. 14 Application for authorisation.
18. ст. 15 Transfer of assets.
19. ст. 16 Persons expressly forbidden to carry or receive letters and postcards.
20. ст. 17 Universal service.
21. ст. 17A Designation of universal postal service providers.
22. ст. 17B Postal services within the scope of the universal service.
23. ст. 18 Requirements of universal service.
24. ст. 19 Information on universal service.
25. ст. 20 Reserved services.
26. ст. 21 Tariff principles and transparency of accounts.
27. ст. 22 Agreements on terminal dues.
28. ст. 23 Accounting.
29. ст. 24 Quality of service.
30. ст. 25 Adoption of quality standards.
31. ст. 26 Exemptions from quality standards.
32. ст. 27 Complaints and dispute resolution.
33. ст. 28 Consultation with interested parties.
34. ст. 29 Exemption from liability for loss, misdelivery, delay or damage.
35. ст. 30 Declaration to be made by postal officers.
36. ст. 31 Inland postage and ancillary fees.
37. ст. 32 Foreign postage and ancillary fees.
38. PART III
39. ст. 33 Application of Customs laws.
40. ст. 34 Transmission by post of dutiable articles.
41. ст. 35 Opening of postal articles for the purpose of enforcing Customs laws.
42. ст. 35A Recovery of customs duty.
43. ст. 35B Duty of masters of ships not being mail ships to carry mail bags.
44. PART IV
45. ст. 36 Provision of postage stamps.
46. ст. 37 Fictitious or used postage stamps.
47. ст. 38 Regulations for the custody, supply and sale of postage stamps, etc.
48. PART V
49. ст. 39 Posting and delivery of postal articles.
50. ст. 40 Premises to be provided with letter boxes, etc.
51. ст. 41 Delivery of letters to take precedence over delivery of other postal articles.
52. ст. 42 Meaning of "in course of transmission and delivery".
53. ст. 43 Refusal of transmission and the delivery of postal articles to sender.
54. ст. 44 Undelivered postal articles and delivery of parcels.
55. ст. 45 Postal articles delivered to a post office not subject to attachment except in certain cases.
56. ст. 46 Delivery of postal articles in cases of bankruptcy.
57. ст. 47 Transmission by post of certain articles.
58. ст. 48 Postal articles in contravention of article 26.
59. ст. 49 The Printed Matter Appeals Board.
60. ст. 50 Liability for payment of postage.
61. ст. 51 Recovery of amounts due.
62. ст. 52 Recovery of Customs duty.
63. ст. 53 Official mark to be evidence of amount of postage.
64. ст. 54 Duty of master of ship arrivingatany port or place in Malta.
65. ст. 55 Duty of Customs or Police officers.
66. ст. 56 Duty of masters of ships not being mail ships to carry mail bags.
67. ст. 57 Power to make regulations for money order system.
68. ст. 58 Power of remitter to recall money order or alter name of payee.
69. ст. 59 Power to provide for issue of postal orders.
70. ст. 60 Money paid in excess or to wrong person.
71. PART VI
72. ст. 62 Offences related to the regulation and provision of postal services.
73. ст. 63 Authority may suspend or revoke licence, etc.
74. ст. 64 Proceedings for offences.
75. ст. 65 Penalty for breach of regulations under article 38.
76. ст. 66 Prohibition of transmission by post of certain articles.
77. ст. 67 Making use of fictitious stamps.
78. ст. 68 Making unlawful use of postmarks.
79. ст. 69 Penaltyforinjuring post office letter- box.
80. ст. 70 Penalty for disfiguring post offices.
81. ст. 71 Offences related to ship or air mails.
82. ст. 72 Punishment for retention of postal articles on board ship arriving in Malta.
83. ст. 73 Seizure of postal articles.
84. ст. 74 Punishment for unlawfullyopening postal articles.
85. ст. 75 Breach of declaration given on oath.
86. ст. 76 Saving with regard to other offences.
87. ст. 76A Issue of directives and administrative fines.
88. ст. 76B Administrative sanctions.
89. PART VII
90. ст. 77 Secrecy.
91. ст. 77A Exemption from liability in respect of money and postal orders.
92. ст. 78 Officers exempted from serving as jurors.
93. ст. 79 Saving.
94. ст. 80 Transitory provisions.
95. ст. 81 Power to make regulations.