Ghana Postal Services Corporation Act, 1995 (Act 505)
Section 25:
(1)The sole authority conferred on Ghana Post under section 23 does not apply to the conveyance and delivery of the following
(a) trade announcements, circulars, printed extracts from newspapers or advertisements, not addressed to any person;
(b) letters delivered by an employee of the sender or by the sender personally;
(c) letters delivered by a messenger employed by the sender especially for the delivery of letters;
(d) letters delivered by a friend of the sender without hire, reward or other profit;
(e) letters concerning goods delivered with the goods;
(f) documents issuing from a court or of any return in answer to it;
(g) letters carried in accordance with a licence issued under this Act;
(h) letters carried to or from the premises of a licensed communications services operator;
(i) bank instruments from one bank to another or from a bank to a government department; and
(j) letters delivered by a person who has a business interest in the letters and the collection of letters for that purpose.
(2) For the purposes of paragraph (j) of subsection (1) of this section a person has a business interest in a letter if
(a) he is an employee of one of the correspondents or of a member of the same group as one of the correspondents and the letter relates to the business affairs of that correspondent; or
(b) he and one of the correspondents are employees of the same person or of different members of the same group and the letter relates to the business affairs of that person or, as the case may be, the employer of that correspondent.
(3) A person who without lawful excuse
(a) does any act, or performs any service, which infringes the sole authority conferred on Ghana Post by this Act; or
(b) causes to be conveyed, or tenders or delivers in order to be conveyed, any letter by any means which infringes that sole authority, commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of not more than ¢5 million or imprisonment not exceeding 2 years or both.
Procedure to Follow
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Responsible Institution
- Email: info@ghanapost.com.gh
- Website: https://ghanapost.com.gh/
- GPS: GA-183-8164
- Telephone: 0302668138
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Fees/ charges
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