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56 of 1973
The Post Office Amendment Act 56 of 1973 intends:
- to amend the provisions of the Post Office Act, 1958, relating to definitions; and
- the fixing of fees payable for services rendered by the Department of Posts and Telegraphs;
- to provide for the prepayment of postage on postal articles posted in the Republic or in the territory of South West Africa, by means of postage stamps issued for the Republic or for the territory of South West Africa, as the case may be;
- to further regulate the manner of payment of postage on postal articles;
- to provide for the transmission, without payment, of reading matter for the blind;
- for the prescribing of requirements with which a publication must comply in order to qualify for registration as a newspaper; and
- for the acceptance on the prescribed conditions, for transmission by post, of publications so registered;
- to amend the said provisions relating to the disposal of returned postal articles;
- the payment of interest on Savings Bank deposits; and
- the issue and repayment of, and the payment of interest on, Savings Bank certificates;
- to provide for the compulsory installation of conduit-pipes or other facilities for the purposes of the installation of telecommunications equipment in certain buildings;
- for the provision by local authorities, in certain circumstances, of conduit-pipes or other facilities for the installation of underground telecommunications service lines; and
- for the bearing of the whole or part of the cost of the deviation or alteration of any telegraph line passing over private property, by the Department of Posts and Telegraphs when justified in a particular case;
- so as to prohibit the unauthorized use, in connection with certain publications, of certain words or marks which may create the impression that those publications were or are published on the authority of the Department of Posts and Telegraphs;
- to provide for the bearing of the whole or part of the cost of the repair of a telegraph line or call office cabinet accidentally damaged by any person, by the Department of Posts and Telegraphs when justified in a particular case;
- so as to apply the said Post Office Act, 1958, in the territory of South West Africa, including the Eastern Caprivi Zipfel, and to repeal the Post Office Ordinance, 1963, of South West Africa; and
- to provide for incidental matters.
Commencement
1 October 1973, except S 4-10(1), 11-13 (Gazette 4030 of 28 September 1973)
