Legal action against persons flouting Postal Act

COLOMBO: The Postal Act by its Sections 3 and 4 has vested the Postal Department with the monopoly over the accepting, collecting, transport forwarding and distribution of mail for a fee, said Post Master General K. A. Sherwin Senadheera.

The Post Master General in a press release said there are reports about certain other parties engaging in this work by charging fees in an unauthorised manner.

Challenging the Postal Department’s monopoly over the postal service in this manner is an offence punishable in terms of the Postal Act.

The release said the Attorney-General’s Department has already been informed to take legal action against persons or institutions flouting the Postal Act by engaging in the collection, forwarding and delivery of mail for a fee in an unauthorised manner.

The release also requested people to desist from patronising such unauthorised persons or institutions for collection and delivery of their mail.