Section 24: Dead letters
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24. Dead letters
(1) Every licensee shall maintain a system approved by the Authority for
dealing with dead letters.
(2) Dead letters shall only be opened in the presence of officers of the
Customs and Police Departments.
(3) The licensee shall submit complete returns in respect of dead letters
in such form as may be approved by the Authority.
(4) Every licensee shall open and maintain an unclaimed money fund
account.
(5) Any money found in dead letters shall be deposited into that account.
(6) Any valuable found in a dead letter and which has not been claimed
for a period of 2 years, shall be remitted to the Authority.
(7) Where monies and valuables have been remitted to the Authority under subsection (6), any claim regarding these monies or valuables shall be
directed to the Authority.
(8) The interval at which returns of unclaimed properties in an unclaimed
money fund account have to be made shall be prescribed.
(9) The Authority shall credit the money from an unclaimed money fund
account into the Postal Service Fund.
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