Singapore legislation
Regulation 14
Regulation 14
Disposal of undelivered postal articles
Subregulation 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.
Subregulation 2
At the end of the period referred to in paragraph (1) —
any such undelivered and unregistered postal article may be destroyed; and
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.
Subregulation 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 —
pay all moneys contained therein into the funds of the postal administration for Singapore for the benefit of any person entitled thereto; or
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.
Subregulation 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.