Postal Services Act 2012

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Citation Act 741 Enacted by Dewan Rakyat Date of Royal Assent 2 February 2012		Territorial extent Throughout Malaysia Enacted by Dewan Negara Date commenced 9 February 2012

The Postal Services Act 2012 (Malay: Akta Perkhidmatan Pos 2012), is a Malaysian laws which enacted to provide for the licensing of postal services and the regulation of the postal services industry, and for incidental or connected matters.

Structure

The Postal Services Act 2012, in its current form (9 February 2012), consists of 17 Parts containing 112 sections and 2 schedules (including no amendment).

Part I: Preliminary

Part II: Functions of the Commission

Part III: Ministerial Powers and Procedures

Part IV: Licensing Provision

Part V: Provisions Relating to the Universal Service Licensee

Part VI: General Terms and Conditions of Postal Services

Part VII: Other Services

Part VIII: Regulation of Rates

Part IX: General Competition Practices

Part X: Consumer Protection

Part XI: Postcode and Addressing System and Postal Identifiers

Part XII: Powers and Procedures of the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission

Chapter 1: Directions

Chapter 2: Inquiry

Chapter 3: Investigation

Part XIII: Offences and Penalties

Part XIV: Information Gathering Powers and Enforcement Provisions

Chapter 1: Information gathering powers

Chapter 2: Enforcement powers of authorized officer

Chapter 3: Miscellaneous

Part XV: General

Part XVI: National Interest Matters

Part XVII: Savings and Transitional

Schedules

References

Postal Services Act 2012 Wikipedia

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