Singapore Statutes Online - 34 - Postal Services (Amendment) Act 2007

Amendment of section 5

5. Section 5 of the principal Act is amended —

(a)

by deleting the words “or postcards or both” in paragraph (a);

(b)

by deleting the words “or postcards” in paragraph (a);

(c)

by deleting paragraph (b) and substituting the following paragraph:

“(b)

any letter solely concerning the affairs of either correspondent by an employee of either correspondent;”;

(d)

by deleting the words “any letter or postcard” in paragraph (c) and substituting the words “the conveyance of any letter”;

(e)

by deleting the words “or postcard” wherever they appear in paragraph (c);

(f)

by deleting the full-stop at the end of paragraph (c) and substituting the word “; and”, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following paragraph:

“(d)

the conveyance from one place to another of —

(i)

any letter which weighs more than 500 grams;

(ii)

any letter by direct mail;

(iii)

any letter by the sender personally; or

(iv)

any document in respect of which a method of service other than post is required or authorised by written law.”; and

(g)

by renumbering the section as subsection (1) of that section, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following subsection:

“(2) The Minister may, after consulting the Postal Authority, by order published in the Gazette, delete, vary or add to the exceptions in subsection (1).”.