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Postal Services Act 1991 s 6

Postal Services Act 1991 s 6

This legislation has been repealed. Do not cite it as law in force.

Text recovered by OCR from a scanned copy — section numbers and wording may be wrong. Check the official PDF on lom.agc.gov.my before citing.

s 6 Functions and duties

(1) The Commission shall carry out such functions and duties as follows: (a) to exercise regulatory functions in respect of the postal services provided by the licensee including the determination of performance standards and standards of facilities and services and the enforcement thereof; b) to ensure that the terms and conditions stated in a licence ranted under section 10 are complied with (c) to promote competition in providing for postal services; (d) to promote the interests of users of postal services supplied by licensees in respect of- (i) the prices to be charged; (ii) the continuity of postal services; and (iii) the quality of the postal services provided; (e) to secure that all reasonable demands for postal services are satisfied; (f) to promote and encourage the expansion of postal services with a view to the economic development of Malaysia; (g) to regulate the fixing of the rates of postage and other fees or sums to be charged in respect of postal articles sent under this Act; (h) to regulate the fees and commissions on postal financial services; (i) to regulate the performance of postal financial services on behalf of government and non-government agencies; (j) to regulate the issuance of postage stamps including definitive, commemorative and special issues of postage stamps and any other philatelic items; and (k) (Deleted by Act A1120); (1) to carry on all such other activities as may appear to the Commission requisite, advantageous or convenient for the purpose of carrying out or in connection with the performance of its functions and duties under this Act. (2) The Commission may authorize the Chairman of the Commission and any authorized officer to carry out any of the functions and duties set out in subsection (1). Special powers in emergency or in the national or public interest

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Text as at 1 January 2006 (LOM reprint); amendments made after that date may not be incorporated.

Source: Laws of Malaysia, Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia (lom.agc.gov.my). Not a copy of the Gazette printed by the Government Printer (Interpretation Acts 1948 and 1967, s 61).

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