Singapore legislation
Regulation 13
Regulation 13
Undelivered postal article originating in Singapore
Subregulation 1
This regulation shall apply to any postal article (other than a parcel) that —
is posted inside Singapore and addressed to an addressee at an address outside Singapore; and
for any reason cannot be delivered by the foreign postal administration.
Subregulation 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:
if practicable, it shall be redirected and forwarded to the addressee; or
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.
Subregulation 3
An undelivered postal article to which this regulation applies may be destroyed where —
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
the postal article consists of a postcard without the sender’s address.
Subregulation 4
Where an undelivered postal article to which this regulation applies is returned to the sender in accordance with paragraph (2) and —
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
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.