Singapore legislation
Clause 17
Clause 17
Amendment of section 23
Section 23 of the principal Act is amended —
by inserting, immediately after the words “public postal licensee” in subsection (1), the words “or otherwise dealt with in accordance with the directions of the Postal Authority”;
by deleting the words “manner as the public postal licensee may direct” in subsection (3) and substituting the words “other manner as the Postal Authority may direct”; and
by inserting, immediately after subsection (3), the following subsections:“(4) The Postal Authority may, by order in writing, direct a postal licensee to detain and open all or any postal articles sent by any person or persons named in the order who are reasonably suspected of sending postal articles by post in contravention of this Act.(5) Upon receipt of an order under subsection (4), a postal licensee shall detain and open the postal article or articles specified in the order, and any postal article found to have been sent in contravention of this Act shall be dealt with in accordance with subsection (3).”.