Post Office (Amendment) Act, 1951

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In subsection (1) after the words “inward bound” there shall be inserted the words “and every pilot or other person in charge of an aircraft inward bound”; and after the word “vessel” where it secondly occurs there shall be inserted the words “or aircraft”.

For subsection (2) there shall be substituted the following:—

“(2) Where there are on board any inward bound vessel or aircraft any postal packets required to be delivered under subsection (1) of this section, the master of the vessel or the pilot or other person in charge of the aircraft shall not break bulk or make entry of any part of her cargo in any port or place until he has complied with this section.”

In subsection (3) after the words “master of a vessel” there shall be inserted the words “or the pilot or other person in charge of an aircraft”

Subsection (4) shall cease to have effect.

In subsection (5) after the words “master of a vessel” there shall be inserted the words “or the pilot or other person in charge of an aircraft”; and after the word “vessel” where it secondly occurs there shall be inserted the words “or aircraft”.

After the words “master of a vessel” in both places where they occur there shall be inserted the words “or pilot or other person in charge of an aircraft” and for the words “bring on shore” there shall be substituted “deliver to the Post Office”.

In subsection (1) for the words “shall not allow any inward bound vessel to report until the declaration required by this Act with respect to postal packets has been made and produced to him and” there shall be substituted the words “or an authorised officer appointed by the Minister for Industry and Commerce under section 8 of the Customs Free Airport Act, 1947 (No. 5 of 1947),”; for the words “such a vessel” there shall be substituted the words “any inward bound vessel”; after the word “vessel” wherever it occurs there shall be inserted the words “or aircraft”.

In subsection (2) after the words “officer of customs” there shall be inserted the words “or an authorised officer appointed by the Minister for Industry and Commerce under section 8 of the Customs Free Airport Act, 1947 ” after the word “vessel” there shall be inserted the words “or aircraft”.

In subsection (1) after the word “vessels” where it first occurs there shall be inserted the words “or aircraft”; for the words “when not exceeding the weights and” there shall be substituted the words “or aircraft”; after the word “port” there shall be inserted the words “or place”; after the word “vessel's” there shall be inserted the words “or aircraft's”; after the word “master” there shall be inserted the words “of the vessel or the pilot or other person in charge of the aircraft”.

In paragraph (c) of subsection (2) after the word “manifest” there shall be inserted the words “or by the manifest and declaration of the aircraft”; and after the word “vessel” there shall be inserted the words “or aircraft”.

In subsection (4) after the word “vessel” in both places where it occurs there shall be inserted the words “or aircraft”.

After the word “vessels” where it first occurs, there shall be inserted the words “or owners or persons in charge of aircraft” for the word “seamen” there shall be substituted the word “crew”; and after the word “vessels”, where it secondly occurs, there shall be inserted the words “or aircraft”.

For the words “the master or one of the officers or crew of a vessel inward bound” there shall be substituted the words “the master of a vessel inward bound or the pilot or other person in charge of an aircraft inward bound or one of the officers or crew of such a vessel or aircraft”; after the word “master” where it secondly occurs there shall be inserted the words “of the vessel or the pilot or other person in charge of the aircraft”; the words “his vessel” shall cease to have effect; after the word “vessel” where it last occurs, there shall be inserted the words “or aircraft”; and after the words “officer of customs” there shall be inserted the words “or an authorised officer appointed by the Minister for Industry and Commerce under section 8 of the Customs Free Airport Act, 1947 ”.

In paragraph (e) of subsection (2) after the word “vessels” in both places where it occurs there shall be inserted the words “or aircraft”.

At the beginning of paragraph (ii) of subsection (3) there shall be inserted the words “owners or pilots or other persons in charge of aircraft, or” and after the word “ships” where it secondly occurs, there shall be inserted the word “aircraft”; in paragraph (iii) of that subsection after the word “vessel” there shall be inserted the word “aircraft”.

In subsection (6) after the word “water” there shall be inserted the words “or by air,” and after the word “vessels” there shall be inserted the words “or aircraft”.

After the word “vessel” there shall be inserted the words “vehicle or aircraft”.