Post Office Regulations 1933
Download PDF| Year | 1933 |
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| Category | Consolidated |
| Last Updated | 2026-02-19 16:15:51 |
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| Source | bermudalaws.bm |
Table of Contents
- PART I
- 1. Arrangement of Regulations
- 2. Interpretation and Construction
- 3. To be read with Post Office Act
- PART II
- 4. Local postage rates
- 4A. Pre-sorted Surface Mail Discounts
- 4B. Pre-sorted local Mail Discounts
- 5. Post cards; restrictions
- 6. Official post cards
- 7. Private post cards
- 8. Post cards not complying with regulations
- 9. Printed papers
- 10. Exclusions from category of printed papers
- 11. Exceptions to Regulation
- 12. Wrappers for printed papers
- 13. Commercial papers as printed papers
- 14. Other articles at local parcel (small packet) rate
- 15. Newspapers
- 16. Air mail
- 17. Parcels
- 18. Posting of parcels
- 19. Parcels posted in letter-boxes
- 20. Pathological specimens
- 21. Secure packing and sealing of parcels
- 22. Restriction on contents of parcels
- 23. Parcel postage must be prepaid
- 24. Addressing of parcels
- 25. Customs Declaration Form for parcels
- 26. Reception of parcels
- 27. Notice of arrival of parcel
- 28. Declaration as to contents of parcel
- 29. Parcels with prohibited contents
- 30. Parcels becoming offensive or injurious; disposal
- 31. Compensation limits for uninsured parcels
- 32. Enquiry fee
- 33. COD parcels exchanged between Bermuda and United Kingdom
- 34. Conditions of posting COD parcels
- 35. Trade charge cards for COD parcels
- 36. Certificate of posting COD parcel
- 37. Ordinary parcel regulations apply in other respects
- 38. Fee on delivery of COD parcel
- 39. Dutiable postal packets
- 40. Entry and delivery of parcels
- 41. Powers of officers of Post Office with respect to dutiable parcels
- 42. Express Delivery in United Kingdom
- 43. Limits of weight
- 44. Limits of size
- 45. Official documents exempt from weight and size limits; method of dealing with
- 46. Prohibited contents
- 47. Improperly addressed postal packets
- 48. No postal packets containing separately addressed postal packets
- 49. Treatment of postal packet with fictitious stamps
- 50. Prepaid inland printed papers
- 51. Treatment of unpaid and insufficiently prepaid postal packets
- 52. Dispute as to accuracy of tax
- 52A. Re-direction application
- 53. Re-direction of inland postal packets
- 54. Re-direction of letters etc. to and from Bermuda
- 55. Re-direction of parcels
- 56. Re-direction and evasion of postage
- 57. Re-direction of postal packets which have been opened
- 58. Irregular posting; charges
- 59. Undelivered postal packets
- 60. Undelivered postal packets may be opened
- 61. Postage of returned letters
- 62. Postage of returned postcards, book-packets and newspapers
- 63. Reference to Postmaster-General of certain undelivered items
- 64. Disposal of undelivered parcels
- 65. Time limit on postal packet addressed “to be called for”
- 66. Charge of advice of delivery
- 67. Charge for enquiry
- 68. OHMS
- PART III
- 69. Postal packets (except parcels) may be registered
- 70. Conditions of acceptance
- 71. Issue of receipt
- 72. Air mail
- 73. Signature of recipient
- 74. Unclaimed registered postal packets
- 75. Compulsory registration
- 76. Avoidance of compulsory registration
- 77. Insured letters and boxes
- 78. Insured letters and boxes by air mail
- 79. Fees for insurance
- 80. Fixing of postage stamps for insurance fee
- 81. Letters to which insurance system applicable
- 82. Over the counter presentation of insured letter
- 83. Addressing and sealing of insured letter
- 84. Statement of value of insured letter
- 85. Sealing of ordinary envelope
- 86. Refusal of acceptance for non-compliance with conditions
- 87. Insured boxes
- 88. Articles prohibited in insured boxes
- 89. Construction, sealing and addressing of insured boxes
- 90. Customs declaration; insured boxes
- 91. Insured boxes postage and insurance must be pre-paid
- 92. Safeguards for insured letters and boxes
- 93. Acknowledgement of delivery
- 94. Re-direction
- 95. Compensation
- 96. Facts to be ascertained before payment of indemnity for loss of registered postal
- 97. Cases in which compensation will not be paid
- PART IV
- 98. Hours of business for money order offices
- 99. Payment
- 100. Issue
- 101. Commission on money orders drawn on United Kingdom and West Indies
- 102. Commission on money orders drawn on Canada or United States
- 103. Postmaster-General may refuse to issue
- 104. Whole cents
- 105. Loss
- 106. Correction of errors
- 107. Repayment to remitter
- 108. Receipt by payee
- 109. Unclaimed money orders become forfeited
- 110. Liability
- 111. Advice of payment
- 112. Telegraph money order service with United Kingdom
- 113. Charges for telegraph money order
- 114. Addition of short message by sender
- 115. Transmission
- 116. Form of telegram of advice [omitted]
- 117. Office of payment not a telegraph office
- 118. Post Restante
- 119. Advice of payment
- 120. Application of money order regulations
- PART V
- 121. [revoked]
- 122. Postal districts; postal codes
- 123. Despatch of inland mails
- 123A. Delivery to street address
- 123B. Suspension of delivery to ensure safety of officers of the Post Office
- 124. Post office boxes
- 125. Rent for post office box
- 126. Postage meters
- 126A. Business reply service permit
- 126B. Prepaid postage permit
- 127. Lost property
- 127A. Express Mail Service
- 127B. Holding of residential postal packets
- PART VI
- 128. Offences
- SCHEDULE
- PART I
- 1. These Regulations are divided into Parts as follows—
- PART I — Preliminary (Reg. 1 - 3).
- PART II — Conditions of posting, etc., of postal packets (Reg. 4 - 68).
- PART III — Registration and Insurance of postal packets (Reg. 69 - 97).
- PART IV — Money Orders (Reg. 98 - 120).
- PART V — Post Office services, etc. (Reg. 121 - 127).
- PART VI — Legal proceedings (Reg. 128).
- 2. (1) In these Regulations—
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