Singapore legislation

Section 39J

of Postal Services Act 1999

Section 39J

Offence to place prohibited item in public parcel locker

Amended by10/202110/202110/2021

(1)

Subject to subsection (2), a person who places, or causes to be placed, a prohibited item in a public parcel locker shall be guilty of an offence.

Amended by10/2021

(2)

Subsection (1) does not apply to a person who, at the time the person places any thing in a public parcel locker or causes any thing to be placed in a public parcel locker, does not know, and has no reason to believe, that the thing is or contains a prohibited item.

Amended by10/2021

(3)

In this section, “prohibited item” means —

(a)

any parcel which contains any indecent or obscene article, or bears any word, mark or design of an indecent or obscene or a scurrilous, threatening or grossly offensive character;

(b)

any article or thing which is likely to damage any public parcel locker or any parcel placed in a public parcel locker, or injure any person using a public parcel locker;

(c)

except as otherwise provided by any regulations made under this Act —

(i)

any explosive, inflammable, dangerous, filthy, noxious or deleterious substance;

(ii)

any sharp instrument which is not properly protected; or

(iii)

any living creature which is noxious or likely to damage any public parcel locker or any parcel placed in a public parcel locker, or injure any person using a public parcel locker; or

(d)

any other parcel or class of parcel prescribed.

Amended by10/2021

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