42 tal-1988
Table of Provisions (11)
Statutory Text (11 Articles)
L.N.42ofI988
POST Ot'FleE ACT. 1975
(ACT NO. XXXV OF 1975)
Overseas Post (Expedited Mail Scnice) Regulations, 1985
IN exe rdse of the powers conferred b~ section 11 ofthc Post Office
Act, 1975, the Minister for Development o f Infras!ructure, wi th the
concu rrence of th e Minister of Fi nance , has made the following regula-
lioos:-
I. These regulations may be cited as the Overseas Post (Expe- Ci .. tion.od
diled Mail Service) Regul ations, 1988 and shaH come into force on 2nd commencement
May, \988.
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When a postal article is accepted for transm ission by Expedited E.J:pedi1ed
Mail Service, the Postm aster Gene ral sha ll bind himse lf to deliver the Mail
article so posted 10 the addressee thereof within a time declared in writ-
ing at the time of posting.
The raIl'S of postage on Expedited Mail for postal articles R il •• of
spedfied in the Schedule hereto , posted in Malta to places outside p""age.
Malta. shall be those indicated therein.
4 . A postal article intended for transmission by Exped ited Mail R«cipI kJ<
must be handed to an official of the Post Office and must be accom. EJc~(e<I
panied by a posting docket duly filled in by the sender. An o fficial re- M.d
cciptt hereofwill be issued .
5, The minimum size of postal articles for transm ission by post as Si .. and
Expedited Mail shall be 140 mm x 90 mm and the maximum size shall be ~'oI
1.5 m in length and 3 m in lcngth and girth combined. Th e ma:<.imum ~~ •.
weight of each postal article to countnes shown in the first column of the
Schedule hereto shall be that indicated in the fifth column of the said
Schedule.
Oggelt postali mahsub bie:< jintbaghat bil-Valigga Mghaggla
gliandu jinghata lil uffi<.':jal fI-Ufficcju tal-Posta flimkien ma'
dikjarazzjoni la' I-impuslar (posting docket) li ghandha timlda mill-
mittent. Ghal dan tinhareg ri<.':evuta uffi<.':jali .
5, L-itghar daqs ta' oggelli postali mahsuba biex jintbaghtu bil-
posla bfiala Valigga Mgbagglagliandu jkun ta' l4Ommx9Omm u I-ikbar
daqs ghandu jkun L5m fil-tul u 3m fil-tul u fit-girth flimkicn. L-akbar
pit ta' kull oggell postali ghal pajji.ti murijin fI-ewwel kolonna ta' 1-
Iskeda li linsab ma' dawn ir-rcgolame nti gliandu jkun dak li hemm
indi kat m-hames kolonna ta' J-Iskeda msemmija,
Postal articles presented for posting by Expedited Ma il must De<!., .. '.on
bear a declaration of the value of the contents and a description thereof of """ten".
on a prescribed fonn. In nocase shall the value declared exceed the real
value of the comentS of the postal article.
No postal article intended for transmission as Expedited Mail Prohibitlono
shall contain any coin , ban k notes , currency notes or sec urities of any
kind payable to bearer. travellers' cheques. platinum , gold or sil ver
whet her manufactured or not , precious slOnes,jewc\sor othcr valuable
articles. a ny article which under any law or regulation is prohibitcd
transmission by post, or any article which the Postmaster General may
from time to time declare as unsuitable for transmission as E xpedited
Mai l.
(1) Exccpt in cases of loss through fo rce majerm< the Post·
master General shall pay an indemnity nOl exceeding Lml(X)()whc n it is
Il-Postmaster General jobbliga rutin li jhallas Iura l-pustagg
imhallas fuq oggctt postal; impU51at bhala Valigga Mghaggla f Malta
mCla jigi slabbili t li l-kunsinna ticgbu Ikun damet.
Kull talba ghal kumpens glial Iclf, hstlfa jcw dislruzzjon i u
talbicl gli al hlas Iura ta ' puslagg f' kai ta' dcwmien fil-kunsinna ta' oggctl
postali mpustat bhala Valigga Mghaggla ghandhom isi ru fi imien ta' 30
(tlctin) gurn ata tax-xogliol mid-data ta ' I-impustllr.
Il-PQslnulSter General mll gbandu jkun responsabbli glial
ebda talba glial kumpens gbar- rigwa rd la' xi danni konsegwenzjali
kagunali mil- telf, hsara jew distruzzjoni jcw kunsinna mdewwma la'
oggc tt postali li jkun gie accettat bhala Valigga MghaggJa.