Postal Services Act 1999 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 7 · Enforcement Powers and Procedures
48B. Powers of inspection, search, seizure, etc., in relation to public parcel lockers
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This section applies where there are reasonable grounds to believe that any parcel or other article or thing is or has been placed in a public parcel locker and —
parcel
“parcel” means —(a)an article or a thing that is placed in a parcel locker for collection by an intended recipient, a person authorised by the intended recipient or a delivery service provider, as the case may be; or(b)a postal article which is posted at a post office in Singapore as a parcel in accordance with the provisions of this Act or is received at a post office in Singapore by parcel post;
the parcel, article or thing is the subject matter of, or is connected with the commission of, an offence under this Act or any regulations made under this Act; or
the continued presence of the parcel, article or thing in the public parcel locker is contrary to public security or public health.
A police officer or an officer of the Postal Authority authorised to act for the Postal Authority under this section may —
open and search any public parcel locker in which a parcel, an article or a thing mentioned in subsection (1) is believed to be placed; and
inspect, examine and seize any parcel, article or thing found in the public parcel locker mentioned in paragraph (a).