Section 16
Examination of postal articles
(1)
All postal articles received from outside Brunei Darussalam may be examined while in the custody of a postal licensee by any proper officer of customs, and may be opened by an officer or employee of the postal licensee in the circumstances under subsection (2) in the presence of any proper officer of customs for the purpose of such examination.
(2)
Subject to subsection (1), a licensee may open a postal article in the following circumstances —
(a)
to secure the contents or to ascertain the condition of the contents of damaged postal articles;
(b)
to determine the addressee or sender of an undeliverable postal article in accordance with the rules made by the Authority;
(c)
if there are reasonable grounds to suspect that there is a physical danger to persons or property;
(d)
if there are reasonable grounds to suspect that there is a health risk to persons;
(e)
if it has the consent of the addressee or sender to do so;
(f)
by an order of court; or
(g)
as required by the relevant authorities or any other written law.
(3)
In this section, “proper officer of customs” has the same meaning as in section 2(1) of the Customs Order, 2006 (S 39/2006).
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