39.—(1) The Corporation shall not be liable in respect of any injury, loss or damage suffered by any person by reason of —
(a)
the default or otherwise of any person licensed under section 22;
(b)
any loss, misdelivery or delay of or damage to any postal article in the course of transmission by post;
(c)
failure to provide or delay in providing any information communication service, equipment associated therewith or service ancillary thereto;
(d)
failure, interruption, suspension or restriction of any information communication service or service ancillary thereto or delay of, or fault in, communication by means of information communication;
(e)
error in or omission from, any directory or publication of the Corporation or error in or omission of any information transmitted through telecommunications;
(f)
loss of secrecy in communication arising from the use of any information communication service; or
(g)
wrong payment or delay in payment in connection with any remittance of money through the Corporation or any other irregularity in the document used in connection with the remittance.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), in the event of the loss of or damage to any article enclosed in or forming part of a parcel or an insured postal article, or the loss of any registered postal article while in the custody of the Corporation, the Corporation may pay an indemnity in accordance with the provisions of the Convention regulating the affairs of the Universal Postal Union or any international agreement to which Singapore is a party.