Section 24
Power to postpone despatch or delivery of certain postal articles
(1)
When the despatch or delivery from a post office of letters would be delayed by the despatch or delivery therefrom at the same time of printed matter, small packets and parcels or any of them, such printed matter, small
Post Office
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packets, parcels or any of them, may, subject to such rules as the Minister, with the approval of His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan, may make in this behalf, be detained in the Department so long as may be necessary.
(2)
Where separate parcel posts are established, parcels may be forwarded and conveyed by them, being detained, if necessary, in the
Department for that purpose.