Regulation 9 - Obligation of Postal Authority - Postal Imports Regulations, 2025

9. Obligation of Postal Authority.- (1) On arrival at the Foreign Post Office from where the goods are to be cleared, the goods shall not be dealt with in any manner except as may be directed by the Commissioner of Customs. (2) No person shall open, except with the permission of proper officer of Customs, any Receptacle or Bag or Package containing the goods meant to be cleared from that Foreign Post Office. (3) The Postal Authority shall present all the postal imported parcels, along with the list of such parcels at the Foreign Post Office to the proper officer of Customs, in such manner as to the satisfaction of the said proper officer, for screening, inspection, examination and assessment thereof. (4) The Postal Authority shall not deliver any goods to the recipient unless an order permitting clearance of the goods has been made by the proper officer of Customs under regulation 5. (5) In respect of goods for which an order permitting clearance of the goods has been made by the proper officer of Customs under regulation 5, the Postal Authority shall provide information to the proper officer of Customs relating to the delivery of goods, collection of customs duties assessed thereon from the recipients and payment of the customs duties so collected. (6) Such information shall be provided by the Postal Authority, electronically, by the seventh day of the month succeeding the month in which the orders permitting clearance of the goods were made by the proper officer of Customs. (7) The Postal Authority shall provide for secure transfer or movement of goods wherever transshipment is required, in terms of existing legal framework.