PART V | UNDELIVERED AND REDIRECTED POSTAL ARTICLES |
11.—(1) In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires —| “air mail letter”, “air mail postcard”, “insured letter”, “parcel”, “postcard”, “printed packet” and “registered postal article” shall refer to such items which are transmissible by post in accordance with the UPU Acts; |
| “postal article” includes any air mail letter, air mail postcard, insured letter, parcel, postcard, printed packet and registered postal article, and any other postal article transmissible by post in accordance with the UPU Acts. |
| (2) A postal article of which the addressee has refused to take delivery shall be treated as an undelivered article for the purposes of this Part. |
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| Undelivered incoming postal article sent by foreign postal administration |
12.—(1) This regulation shall apply to any postal article (other than a parcel) that —| (a) | is posted outside Singapore and addressed to an addressee at an address in Singapore; and | | (b) | for any reason cannot be delivered by the postal administration for Singapore. |
| (2) Subject to paragraphs (3) and (4) and regulation 14, every postal article to which this regulation applies shall be returned free of charge to the foreign postal administration for the place at which the postal article was posted. |
(3) A postal article to which this regulation applies may be destroyed by the postal administration for Singapore where —| (a) | the postal article is an unregistered printed packet (not being a printed packet containing books) and no request for its return to the sender appears thereon; or | | (b) | the postal article consists of a postcard without the sender’s address. |
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(4) An undelivered postal article to which this regulation applies shall —| (a) | in the case of an air mail letter or air mail postcard, be returned to its origin by the postal administration for Singapore by the quickest route (air or surface); and | | (b) | in any other case where return by air mail is desired, be returned to its origin by the postal administration for Singapore by air, subject to payment by the sender of the surcharges appropriate to the air conveyance. |
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| Undelivered postal article originating in Singapore |
13.—(1) This regulation shall apply to any postal article (other than a parcel) that —| (a) | is posted inside Singapore and addressed to an addressee at an address outside Singapore; and | | (b) | for any reason cannot be delivered by the foreign postal administration. |
(2) Subject to paragraphs (3) and (4) and regulation 14, an undelivered postal article to which this regulation applies shall, when returned to the postal administration for Singapore by the foreign postal administration, be dealt with by the postal administration for Singapore as follows:| (a) | if practicable, it shall be redirected and forwarded to the addressee; or | | (b) | if it cannot be redirected and forwarded to the addressee, it shall, if the name and address of the sender appears on the outside, or can be ascertained by an employee authorised by the postal administration for Singapore to open such articles and bound to secrecy, be returned to the sender on payment of any charges due. |
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(3) An undelivered postal article to which this regulation applies may be destroyed where —| (a) | the postal article is an unregistered printed packet (not being a printed packet containing books) and no request for its return to the sender appears thereon; or | | (b) | the postal article consists of a postcard without the sender’s address. |
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(4) Where an undelivered postal article to which this regulation applies is returned to the sender in accordance with paragraph (2) and —| (a) | the postage paid on that postal article is equal to or less than the postage which would have been payable on a postcard posted in Singapore and addressed to an addressee in Singapore, the sender of the undelivered postal article shall be charged with a second postage fee equal in amount to the postage originally chargeable, less the amount of any postage prepaid by the sender; or | | (b) | the postage paid on that postal article is greater than the postage which would have been payable on a postcard posted in Singapore and addressed to an addressee in Singapore, the undelivered postal article shall be returned to the sender free of charge. |
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| Disposal of undelivered postal articles |
14.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), undelivered postal articles to which regulation 12 or 13 applies and which cannot be disposed of under either of those regulations shall be retained by the postal administration for Singapore for such period, and shall be disposed of in such manner, as the postal administration for Singapore may specify in its terms of service.(2) At the end of the period referred to in paragraph (1) —| (a) | any such undelivered and unregistered postal article may be destroyed; and | | (b) | any undelivered and registered postal article, and any insured letter, with their contents shall be retained by the postal administration for Singapore for a period of one year, reckoned from and including the date the postal administration for Singapore cannot dispose of the article under regulation 12 or 13, and may be destroyed or otherwise disposed of in accordance with this regulation if not claimed within that period. |
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(3) If any undelivered postal article retained under paragraph (2)(b) remains unclaimed at the end of a period of one year, reckoned from and including the date the postal administration for Singapore cannot dispose of the article under regulation 12 or 13, the postal administration for Singapore may open the unclaimed and undelivered postal article and examine its contents, and shall —| (a) | pay all moneys contained therein into the funds of the postal administration for Singapore for the benefit of any person entitled thereto; or | | (b) | sell such saleable property contained in the unclaimed and undelivered postal article by public auction or otherwise dispose of the property in any manner as it thinks fit, and the proceeds of the sale or disposal shall be paid into the funds of the postal administration for Singapore for the benefit of any person entitled thereto, after deducting any expenses incurred in carrying out the sale or disposal. |
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| (4) No claim shall be allowed to the moneys or the proceeds of sale of property referred to in paragraph (3)(b) after the expiration of 2 years from the payment of the same into the funds of the postal administration for Singapore. |
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