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Tokelau Consolidated Legislation 2005 Laws |
TULAFONO A TOKELAU 2005
POST OFFICE RULES 1991
1 Name
2 Interpretation
3 Further definitions
PART 1
Postal services
4 Postal services
5 Postal officers
6 Conveyance of mail contracts
7 Delivery of mail from vessels
8 —
Postage stamps
9 Postage stamps
10 Declaration postage stamps void
11 Destruction of postage stamps
Registered post
12 Registration of postal articles
13 Acknowledgement of delivery
14 Compensation for loss
Postage and telegram charges
15 Postage charges
16 Insufficient postage
17 Telegram charges
18 Payment of charges
19 Certain stamps not for postage
Detention & opening post
20 Definition of unlawful postal article
21 Suspected unlawful postal articles
22 Opening and examination
23 Disposal of opened postal articles
24 Record of opening of postal articles
25 Notification of opening postal article
26 No relief from liability
27 No right to compensation
Money orders
28 Money orders
29 Money orders not transferable
30 Charges for money orders
31 Offence
Miscellaneous provisions
32 Priority communications
33 Limits of size and weight
34 Literature for the blind
35 Interception and return
36 Undelivered postal articles
37 Posting prohibited articles
38 Limitation of liability
Offences
39 Offences by postal officer
40 Offences relating to letter boxes
41 Unlawful opening or delay
42 Unlawful retention or destruction
43 Divulging of postal article contents
44 Sending false telegram
45 Interference with telegraph services
46 Offences relating to stamps
PART 2
Licensing of radio transmitters
47 Radio transmitters
48 – 51 —
52 Radio transmissions
53 Public Service exemption
54 Distress calls
55 Offences
PART 3
56 Penalties
SCHEDULE 1 Postal charges
SCHEDULE 2 Telegram charges
SCHEDULE 3 Money orders
SCHEDULE 4 Forms
These are the Post Office Rules 1991.
(1) In these Rules —
"Administration Officer" means any employee of the Tokelau Public Service who holds office as an Administration Officer in a village in Tokelau;
"Director" means the Director of the Tokelau Public Service responsible for postal services;
"fictitious stamp" means any copy, imitation, or representation, whether on paper or otherwise, of any postage stamp for the time being valid for use in Tokelau or in any country outside Tokelau;
"letter box" means a letter box provided by the Tokelau Administration for the deposit of postal articles for transmission by post;
"postage" means the charge payable for the transmission of postal articles by post;
"postage stamp" means an impression or adhesive label on any stationery denoting payment of the postage in respect of a postal article;
"postal article" —
- (i) means a letter, newspaper, parcel, or other article that is in the course of transmission; and
- (ii) includes an article which, although it has been delivered within the meaning of rule 3(3), has not reached the hands of the addressee; but
- (iii) does not include a telegram;
"postal officer" means any member of the Tokelau Public Service who is designated as a postal officer under rule 5; and, except in rule 22, includes any person who is engaged by the Director to deliver postal articles, or telegrams, or both;
"post office" means the Administration Office of each village in Tokelau;
"radio communication" means any transmission, emission, or reception of signs, signals, writing, images, sounds, or intelligence of any nature by radio waves;
"radio transmitter'' means any apparatus intended for the purpose of transmitting radio communications, whether or not the apparatus is capable of receiving radio communications;
"telegram" —
- (i) means any communication that is in the course of transmission to a distance by any apparatus other than a telephone; and
- (ii) includes a telegram which, although it has been delivered within the meaning of rule 3(3), has not reached the hands of the addressee;
"territorial limits of Tokelau" means the outer limits of the territorial sea of Tokelau.
(2) In these Rules, a reference to a numbered form is a reference to the form so numbered in Schedule 4.
(1) For the purposes of these Rules, a postal article or telegram is in the course of transmission —
(i) in the case of a postal article, from the time when it is posted until the time when it is delivered to the addressee;
(ii) in the case of a telegram, from the time when it is accepted by a postal officer for transmission until the time when it is delivered to the addressee.
(2) An article shall be deemed to have been posted when, for the purpose of being conveyed or delivered by post, it has been put into a letter box, or delivered at a post office, or accepted by a postal officer in the course of that postal officer's duty.
(3) Subject to paragraph (4), a postal article (other than a registered postal article) or a telegram shall be deemed to be delivered to the addressee when it is delivered by a postal officer to any person who may reasonably be considered to be authorised to receive the postal article or telegram in the absence of the addressee.
(4) Paragraph (3) shall not apply in any case where the addressee has, by notice in writing to a postal officer on the island on which the addressee resides, requested that postal articles and telegrams addressed to the addressee be delivered personally to the addressee, and that notice has not been revoked.
PART 1 POSTAL AND TELEGRAPH SERVICES
POSTAL SERVICES
(1) The Council for the Ongoing Government shall establish and operate postal services in Tokelau.
(2) The Council for the Ongoing Government may, from time to time, make arrangements with the postal authority of any country other than Tokelau for the establishment and operation of postal services between Tokelau and that other country or through Tokelau or any other country.
The Director may for the purposes of these Rules designate any member of the department as a postal officer.
The Council for the Ongoing Government may from time to time enter into contracts with any person for or in respect of the conveyance, by such means and upon such terms and conditions as the Council for the Ongoing Government thinks fit, of postal articles to, from, or within Tokelau.
(1) On the arrival of a vessel at any island of Tokelau, whether or not from beyond Tokelau, the person in charge of that vessel shall deliver to an Administration Officer on that island all postal articles that are on board the vessel and are intended for discharge at that island.
(2) Every person commits an offence against these Rules who, being the person in charge of a vessel when it arrives at an island of Tokelau, whether or not from beyond Tokelau, fails without reasonable excuse to deliver to an Administration Officer on that island all postal articles that are on board that vessel and are intended for discharge at that island.
POSTAGE STAMPS
(1) The Council for the Ongoing Government shall from time to time cause to be produced such postage stamps as the Council for the Ongoing Government considers necessary.
(2) The Council for the Ongoing Government shall determine the denomination, form, design, content, and material of postage stamps produced under this rule.
(1) The Council for the Ongoing Government may at any time, by notice published in accordance with paragraph (2), declare that any postage stamp produced under rule 9 is not valid for use as a postage stamp.
(2) A copy of every notice issued under paragraph (1) —
(i) shall, as soon as practicable after it is issued, be publicly notified at the office for Tokelau Affairs at Apia in Samoa, and at every post office; and
(ii) shall be printed in Tokelauan and in English and public notification be given of it.
(3) Every notice issued under paragraph (1) shall come into force on the date specified for that purpose in the notice, but no such notice shall come into force until a copy of the notice is publicly notified in accordance with paragraph (2)(i).
(4) On the coming into force of a notice issued under paragraph (1), all postage stamps to which it applies shall cease to be valid for use as postage stamps.
The Council for the Ongoing Government may from time to time issue directions relating to the destruction, by postal officers, of stamps that are in the possession of postal officers and that are no longer required for use or are no longer valid for use as postage stamps.
REGISTERED POST
(1) Any person may, on payment of the fee specified in Schedule 1 (which fee is in addition to any postage payable), send a postal article by registered post.
(2) Where the sender of any postal article requires it to be registered, the sender shall present that postal article at a post office, and the postal officer accepting the postal article shall give the sender a duly completed receipt for it in form 1 in Schedule 4.
(3) Every postal article accepted for registration shall be given a number that uniquely identifies the postal article.
On the delivery of a registered postal article to the addressee, the addressee shall give the person delivering the postal article a receipt for it, and such receipt shall be sufficient evidence that the postal article has been duly delivered.
(1) Notwithstanding anything in rule 38, registration of a postal article in accordance with rule 12 shall entitle the sender of the article to the payment of compensation for the loss of the article, or for damage to the article, or for any loss resulting from any delay in the delivery of the article.
(2) The compensation payable in respect of any registered postal article shall not exceed $20.
(3) No compensation shall be payable in respect of —
(i) a registered postal article containing any item that may not lawfully be sent by post;
(ii) a registered postal article lost or damaged where the loss or damage arises from any cause beyond the control of the Council for the Ongoing Government;
(iii) a registered postal article lost or damaged where the loss or damage arises wholly or in part because of insufficient or faulty packing or fastening by the sender or the sender's agent, or incomplete, faulty, or incorrect addressing or affixing of address by the sender or the sender's agent, or because of any other fault or neglect on the part of the sender or the sender's agent, or by any cause subsequent to the delivery of the article.
POSTAGE AND TELEGRAM CHARGES
(1) The rates of postage in respect of postal articles posted in Tokelau for delivery in Tokelau or outside Tokelau shall be as from time to time fixed by the Council for the Ongoing Government by notice after consultation by the Council for the Ongoing Government with the General Fono.
(2) A copy of every notice issued under paragraph (1) —
(i) shall as soon as practicable after it is issued be publicly notified at the Office for Tokelau Affairs at Apia in Samoa, and at every post office; and
(ii) shall be printed in Tokelauan and in English and public notification be given of it.
(3) Every notice issued under paragraph (1) shall come into force on the date specified for that purpose in the notice, but no such notice shall come into force until a copy of the notice is publicly notified in accordance with paragraph (2)(i).
(4) Any notice under this rule may be in like manner amended or revoked at any time.
(5) In fixing the rates of postage in respect of postal articles posted in Tokelau for delivery outside Tokelau, the Council for the Ongoing Government shall have regard to all relevant international conventions relating to postal services.
(6) If no rates of postage are for the time being fixed under paragraph (1), the rates of postage shall be as specified in Schedule 1.
No postal officer shall transmit or deliver any postal article in respect of which the postage has been underpaid or is unpaid.
(1) The charges payable in respect of telegrams lodged for transmission in Tokelau for delivery in Tokelau or outside Tokelau shall be as specified in Schedule 2.
(2) No postal officer shall transmit any telegram unless the charge payable in respect of the transmission of that telegram has been paid.
Payment of all charges payable under these Rules in respect of the transmission of any postal article or telegram shall be made by way of valid postage stamps impressed on or affixed to the postal article or telegram.
The following stamps shall not be recognised in payment of any charges payable under these Rules in respect of the transmission of any postal article or telegram —
(i) stamps that have been defaced or otherwise rendered imperfect;
(ii) stamps that have been previously used;
(iii) stamps issued by other postal administrations.
DETENTION AND OPENING OF POSTAL ARTICLES
For the purposes of rules 21 to 25, the term ''unlawful postal article'' means-
(i) any postal article (other than a letter), or any telegram, that contains any matter of a seditious or indecent nature;
(ii) any postal article that has been posted in contravention of rule 37(1);
(iii) any postal article that is in contravention or has been posted in contravention of any enactment or rules for the time being in force in Tokelau and relating to customs or excise.
Where any postal officer has reasonable cause to suspect that any postal article or telegram is an unlawful postal article, that postal officer may detain that postal article or telegram for opening and examination in accordance with rule 22.
(1) Any postal article or telegram that is detained pursuant to rule 21 may be opened and examined by a postal officer.
(2) Unless it is impracticable to do so, the opening and examination of a postal article or telegram pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be carried out at a post office in the presence of a constable.
(1) If any postal article opened or examined by a postal officer under rule 22 is found to be an unlawful postal article, the postal article shall be forfeited, and shall be destroyed or otherwise disposed of in accordance with the directions of the Director.
(2) If any postal article or telegram opened or examined under rule 22 is found not to be an unlawful postal article, it shall be forwarded to its destination as if it had not been so opened or examined.
Where any postal article or telegram is opened or examined by a postal officer under rule 22, that postal officer shall make and preserve a written record of —
(i) the details of the opening or examination of that postal article or telegram; and
(ii) if the postal article or telegram was destroyed or disposed of under rule 23, details of its destruction or disposal.
Where a postal article or telegram is opened by a postal officer under rule 22, that postal officer shall, in every case, and whether or not the postal article or telegram is found to be an unlawful postal article, give notice of that opening to the addressee if known, and, if not known, to the sender if known.
The detention, opening, examination, destruction, or disposal under these Rules of a postal article or telegram shall not relieve any person from liability for any offence against these Rules.
No person shall have any right to compensation, nor shall any liability be incurred by the Government of New Zealand or any of its employees or agents, or by the Council for the Ongoing Government, or by any employee or agent of the Tokelau Administration, by reason of the detention, opening, examination, forfeiture, destruction, or disposal of a postal article or its enclosure, or a telegram, under the powers conferred by rules 21 to 23.
MONEY ORDERS
The Council for the Ongoing Government may make such arrangements as may be necessary, including arrangements with the appropriate authority of any country other than Tokelau, so that money may be transmitted, whether within or to or from Tokelau, through the medium of the postal system, by means of money orders.
The rights and liabilities under a money order issued in Tokelau for the transmission of money for payment in Tokelau or overseas shall not be transferable from one person to another, but may vest by operation of law.
The charges payable in respect of money orders issued in Tokelau shall be as specified in the Schedule 3.
(1) Every postal officer commits an offence against these Rules who with fraudulent intent grants or issues a money order.
(2) Every postal officer who reissues a money order previously paid shall be presumed, until the contrary is proved, to have issued the order with a fraudulent intent.
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
(1) Subject to paragraph (2), every postal officer shall, if requested by an officer of the Tokelau Administration, give first priority to the transmission of a postal article or telegram sent by or on behalf of the Tokelau Administration.
(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), every postal officer shall, on request, give first priority to the transmission of any urgent postal article or urgent telegram —
(i) that relates to the safety of members of the public or of any individual member of the public; or
(ii) that relates to the health of members of the public.
(1) The limits of size and weight applicable to postal articles posted in Tokelau for delivery in Tokelau or outside Tokelau shall be as from time to time fixed by the Council for the Ongoing Government by notice.
(2) In fixing the limits of size and weight that are to apply to postal articles posted in Tokelau for delivery outside Tokelau, the Council for the Ongoing Government shall have regard to all relevant international conventions relating to postal services.
(3) A copy of every notice issued under paragraph (1) —
(i) shall as soon as practicable after it is issued be publicly notified at the Office for Tokelau Affairs at Apia in Samoa, and at every post office; and
(ii) shall be printed in Tokelauan and in English and public notification be given of it.
(4) Every notice issued under paragraph (1) shall come into force on the date specified for that purpose in the notice, but no such notice shall come into force until a copy of the notice is publicly notified in accordance with paragraph (3)(i).
(5) Any notice under this rule may be in like manner amended or revoked at any time.
(1) No postage is payable in respect of literature for the blind, and such literature shall be exempt from any limits fixed pursuant to rule 33.
(2) For the purpose of this rule, the term "literature for the blind" means —
(i) reading material in raised characters for the use of the blind;
(ii) the special paper intended solely for the use of the blind;
(iii) plates for embossing literature for the use of the blind;
(iv) sound recordings for the use of the blind.
(3) Where any postal article is posted as being exempt from postage under this rule, every postal officer is entitled to examine the contents of that postal article in order to discover whether it is in fact exempt.
(4) Every person commits an offence against these Rules who, knowing that a postal article is not exempt from postage, posts that postal article as exempt from postage.
(1) No postal article posted in Tokelau shall be intercepted and returned to the sender at the sender's request except upon the written authority of —
(i) an Administration Officer on the island on which the letter was posted; or
(ii) the Director.
(2) Every application to the Director or an Administration Officer to obtain written authority for the interception and return of a postal article shall be in form 2 in Schedule 4.
(3) Every person commits an offence against these Rules who contravenes paragraph (1).
(1) Where —
(i) a postal article or telegram cannot be delivered, whether because the addressee cannot be found, or because of incorrect, faulty, or incomplete addressing, or for any other reason; or
(ii) a postal article or telegram cannot be delivered because the postage or charge payable in respect of that postal article or telegram is unpaid or underpaid,
that postal article or telegram shall, if the sender is known, be returned to the sender.
(2) Where any postal article or telegram cannot be delivered for any of the reasons referred to in paragraph (1), and the sender is not known, the postal officer who has possession of that postal article or telegram shall retain it for not less than one month, and shall then dispose of it in accordance with the directions of the Director.
(1) No person shall post or cause to be posted any postal article that is or contains —
(i) anything dangerous or destructive or explosive or noxious;
(ii) any living creature;
(iii) anything likely to injure or damage any other postal article or any postal officer;
(iv) anything that may not lawfully be possessed in Tokelau by the addressee of the postal article;
(v) anything that, in the circumstances of the particular case, the addressee of the postal article may not lawfully import into the country (not being Tokelau) in which the postal article is intended to be delivered;
(vi) anything that, in the circumstances of the particular case, may not lawfully be possessed, by the addressee of the postal article, in the country (not being Tokelau) in which the postal article is intended to be delivered.
(2) Every person commits an offence against these Rules who, without reasonable excuse, posts or causes to be posted any postal article knowing that it is or it contains anything the posting of which is prohibited by paragraph (1).
(1) Subject to paragraph (2) and to rule 14, no person shall have any right to compensation, nor shall any liability be imposed on the Government of New Zealand or any of its employees or agents, or on the Council for the Ongoing Government or any employee or agent of the Tokelau Administration, by reason of —
(i) any loss, default, delay, or omission in relation to any postal article or telegram;
(ii) any delay in, or refusal of the payment of, any money order;
(iii) any neglect, omission, or mistake in the issue or payment of any money order.
(2) No liability shall be imposed on any postal officer by reason of —
(i) any loss, default, delay or omission in relation to any postal article or telegram; or
(ii) any delay in, or refusal of the payment of, any money order; or
(iii) any neglect, omission, or mistake in the issue or payment of any money order,
unless it is proved to the satisfaction of the Court before which any proceedings are taken that the defendant in the proceedings has acted in bad faith or without reasonable care.
OFFENCES
(1) Every person commits an offence against these Rules who, being a postal officer —
(i) contrary to that person's duty, opens, or causes or allows to be opened, any postal article or telegram, or wilfully delays or detains a postal article or telegram, or causes or allows a postal article or telegram to be delayed or detained; or
(ii) wilfully or negligently fails to transmit or deliver any postal article or telegram, or negligently loses any postal article or telegram (whether or not that postal article or telegram is later recovered), or wilfully damages or destroys any postal article or telegram; or
(iii) divulges to any person, except so far as is lawfully permitted, any information from or as to the contents of a postal article or telegram, being information that has come to the postal officer in the course of that postal officer's duty.
(2) Every person commits an offence against these Rules who —
(i) being a person engaged by the Tokelau Administration to convey or deliver postal articles or telegrams, fails to take all reasonable steps to ensure the safety of any postal article or telegram while it is being conveyed or delivered by that person; or
(ii) being a person who has contracted with the Council for the Ongoing Government to convey postal articles to, from, or within Tokelau, fails to take all reasonable steps to ensure the safety of any postal article while it is being conveyed by that person.
Every person commits an offence against these Rules who —
(i) wilfully damages or destroys any letter box, or the contents of a letter box; or
(ii) puts into any letter box any matter or thing likely to injure any postal article or any person; or
(iii) without lawful excuse, removes a letter box from the site on which it has been erected.
Every person commits an offence against these Rules who, not being a postal officer acting in the course of that postal officer's duties —
(i) without lawful excuse, opens or causes to be opened any postal article or telegram that is not intended for that person; or
(ii) without lawful excuse, does any act or thing so that any postal article or telegram is prevented or delayed from reaching the person for whom it is intended.
Every person (other than a postal officer acting in the course of that postal officer's duties) commits an offence against these Rules who, having received or acquired a postal article or telegram that is not intended for that person —
(i) without lawful excuse, retains, damages, or destroys that postal article or telegram; or
(ii) when required by a postal officer to deliver up the postal article or telegram, fails to do so.
Every person (other than a postal officer acting in the course of that postal officer's duties) commits an offence against these Rules who, having examined the contents of a postal article or telegram not intended for that person, divulges, without lawful excuse, to any other person any information obtained by that person from or as to the contents of that postal article, or, as the case requires, from the contents of that telegram.
Every person commits an offence against these Rules who —
(i) wilfully sends or delivers or causes to be sent or delivered to any postal officer for the purposes of being transmitted as a telegram any message that purports to be signed or sent by any other person and which has been signed or sent without that other person's authority; or
(ii) wrongfully signs any such message with the name of some other person without that person's authority, or with the name of some fictitious person; or
(iii) wilfully and without the authority of the sender alters any such message.
Every person commits an offence against these Rules who, without lawful excuse, destroys, damages, or interferes with any line used for the transmission of telegrams.
(1) Every person commits an offence against these Rules who —
(i) for the purposes of the payment of any charges payable in respect of the transmission of any postal article or telegram, uses any fictitious stamp, or any stamp that has been previously used, or that has ceased to be valid for use as a postage stamp, or that has been defaced or otherwise rendered imperfect; or
(ii) without lawful excuse, has in that person's possession any fictitious stamp, or any die, plate, instrument, or materials for making any fictitious stamp.
(2) Where, in any proceedings, a Court finds that a person has committed an offence against paragraph (1)(ii), the Court may order any stamp, die, plate, instrument, or materials in relation to which the offence has been committed to be forfeited.
(3) Any stamp, die, plate, instrument, or materials forfeited under paragraph (2) may be sold, destroyed, or otherwise disposed of as the Council for the Ongoing Government may direct.
PART 2 RADIO TRANSMITTERS
LICENSING OF RADIO TRANSMITTERS
(1) Subject to paragraph (2) and to rules 53 and 54, no person shall have in that person's possession, or operate, a radio transmitter in Tokelau except pursuant to a licence, granted by Telecommunications Tokelau Corporation (TELETOK) acting on the advice of the appropriate telecommunication authority of the New Zealand Government.
(2) Nothing in this rule applies in respect of a radio transmitter to which rule 52 applies.
48 — 51 Repealed [1997/2]
(1) This rule applies to radio transmitters on —
(i) merchant ships and aircraft of whatever nationality or registration; and
(ii) foreign ships of war and foreign military aircraft,
within the territorial limits of Tokelau.
(2) Subject to rules 53 and 54, no person shall use any radio transmitter to which this rule applies —
(i) unless a valid licence or authority has been issued in respect of that transmitter by an International Telecommunication Union administration which New Zealand is required to recognise under the International Telecommunications Convention; and
(ii) except in accordance with any instructions given to the operator of the transmitter by the Council for the Ongoing Government.
Nothing in rule 47 or rule 52 shall apply in respect of the possession or operation of any radio transmitter by any person employed in the Tokelau Public Service, where the radio transmitter is possessed or operated in the course of that person's duties as such an employee.
Nothing in rule 47 or rule 52 shall prohibit any person in distress from using any means at that person's disposal to attract attention, indicate the person's position, and obtain assistance.
Every person commits an offence against these Rules who —
(i) in contravention of rule 47, has in that person's possession, or operates, in Tokelau, any radio transmitter;
(ii) in contravention of paragraph (2) of rule 52, operates a radio transmitter to which that rule applies;
(iii) fails to comply with any term, condition, or restriction imposed pursuant to rule 47 on any licence granted to that person under that rule;
(iv) Repealed [1997/2]
(v) furnishes any information that to that person's knowledge is false or misleading in a material particular in connection with an application for approval under rule 47.
PART 3 MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
PENALTIES
Every person who commits an offence against these Rules is liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months or to a fine not exceeding 3 penalty units.
REVOCATION AND SAVING
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SCHEDULE 1
rules 12 & 15
POSTAL CHARGES
PART 1 INTERNAL
1 Letters and Parcels
Letters: 40 cents for each letter
Parcels not exceeding 10 kg: $2.00 for each parcel
2 Registration fee (payable in addition to postage) $1.00 for each item
PART 2 OVERSEAS
(i) Letters, Post Cards, Printed Matter, and Small Packets;
| WEIGHT | Charge for each item | |||
| Letters | Post Cards | Printed Matter | Small Packets | |
| Not more than 20g | 40 cents | 25 cents | 25 cents | - |
| Over 20g but not more than 100g | $1.00 | - | 50 cents | 50 cents |
| Over 100g but not more than 250g | $2.00 | - | $1.00 | $1.00 |
| Over 250g but not more than 500g | $4.00 | - | $2.00 | $2.00 |
| Over 500g but not more than 1kg | $7.00 | - | $3.00 | $3.00 |
| Over 1kg but not ore than 2kg | $12.00 | - | $4.00 | - |
| Each additional 1kg up to 5kg (books and pamphlets only) | - | - | $2.00 | - |
(ii) Registration fee (payable in addition to postage) $1.00 for each item
2 Air Mail
(i) Letters, Post Cards, Printed Matter, and Small Packets;
| ITEM | Charge for each item according to postal zone (as determined in accordance with Notes 1 to 4) | |||
| Zone I | Zone II | Zone III | Zone IV | |
| Letters -Not more than 10g -Each additional 10g | 45 cents 20 cents | 60 cents 30 cents | 70 cents 40 cents | 80 cents 45 cents |
| Aerogrammes | 40 cents | 50 cents | 50 cents | 50 cents |
| Post Cards | 40 cents | 50 cents | 50 cents | 50 cents |
| Printed Matter -Not more than 20g -Each additional 20g | 40 cents 30 cents | 70 cents 60 cents | 85 cents 75 cents | $1.00 90 cents |
| Small Packets -Not more than 100g - Over 100g but not more than 250g -Over 250g but not more than 500g -Over 500g but not more than 1kg | $1.40 $3.00 $6.00 $11.60 | $2.90 $6.70 $13.40 $26.00 | $3.60 $8.50 $17.00 $33.50 | $4.30 $10.30 $20.60 $40.80 |
(ii) Registration fee (payable in addition to postage) $1.00 for each item.
For the purposes of Part 2, the overseas postal zones are as follows —
Zone I Pacific Countries;
Zone II North America and Asia;
Zone III Europe, Middle East, and South America;
Zone IV Africa.
SCHEDULE 2
rule 17
TELEGRAM CHARGES
Telegram charge payable is 15 cents for each word, plus a charge of $2 for each telegram.
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SCHEDULE 3
rule 30
CHARGES FOR MONEY ORDERS
1 Money orders payable in Tokelau
| Amount of money order | Charge |
| Not more than $20.00 | $0.50 |
| Over $20 but not more than $40 | $1.00 |
| Over $40 but not more than $60 | $1.50 |
| Over $60 but not more than $80 | $2.00 |
| Over $80 but not more than $100 | $2.50 |
| Over $100 | $3.00 |
2 Money orders payable outside Tokelau
| Amount of money order | Charge |
| Not more than $20 | $1.00 |
| Over $20 but not more than $40 | $2.00 |
| Over $40 but not more than $60 | $3.00 |
| Over $60 but not more than $80 | $4.00 |
| Over $80 but not more than $100 | $5.00 |
| Over $100 | $6.00 |
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SCHEDULE 4
FORM 1
rule 12
RECEIPT FOR REGISTRATION OF POSTAL ARTICLE
Name of sender: [Insert name] Address of sender: [Insert address]
Fee received: [Insert amount] Registration number: [Insert number]
Post Office where registered: [Insert name of post office]
Signature of Postal Officer ..................................................................... Date ...............
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FORM 2
rule 35
APPLICATION FOR INTERCEPTION AND RETURN OF POSTAL ARTICLE
To: The Director (or Administration Officer in the village of [state village])
I, [full name], of [address], apply for written authority for the interception and return of a postal sent by me.
The postal article is addressed to: [Insert name and address of addressee]
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