Postal Services Act, 1998 (Act No. 124 of 1998)

Chapter IX : Repeal and Amendment of Laws

81. Amendment of section 1 of Act 44 of 1958

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Amendment of section 1 of Act 44 of 1958, as amended by section 1 of Act 56 of 1973, section 1 of Act 13 of 1974, section 1 of Act 113 of 1976, section 1 of Act 37 of 1984, section 1 of Act 85 of 1991 and section 3 of Act 101 of 1992

 

Section 1 of the Post Office Act, 1958, is hereby amended--

a)by the deletion of the following definitions:

"mail"

"mailbag"

"Master"

"master of any vessel"

"money order"

"National Savings Certificate"

"port"

"postage"

" 'postage stamp' or 'stamp' "

"postal article"

"postal authority"

"postal order"

"postmaster"

"post office"

" 'Savings Bank' or 'Post Office Savings Bank' "

"sender"

"telegram"

"vessel"

b)by the substitution for "postal service" of the following definition:

"postal service" means the affairs which [the Director-General or, subsequent to the postal transfer date] the postal company is, subject to the Postal Services Act, 1998, entitled to conduct [in terms of Chapters III, IV and V], including the [exclusive privilege of] receiving, collecting, dispatching, conveying and delivering of letters and [of] the performing of all incidental services.