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provisions of these Regulations as an undelivered
postal item.
(4) The appropriate charges payable for redirection shall be as
specified by the postal licensee.

Undelivered
foreign postal
items

73. Any postal item (other than a postal parcel) that is posted
outside Botswana and addressed to an addressee at an address in
Botswana, and which for any reason cannot be delivered by the
postal operator, shall be returned free of charge to the foreign
postal administration for the place at which the postal item was
posted.

Undelivered
postal items

74. (1) Where a postal item (other than a postal parcel) that is
posted inside Botswana and addressed to an addressee at an
address outside Botswana is returned to a postal operator in
Botswana by the foreign postal administration, it shall be dealt
with as follows (a)

if practicable, it shall be returned to the sender by
the cheapest mode available; or

(b)

if the name and address of the sender do not appear
on the outside i)

an employee of the postal operator authorised
to open such postal items and bound to
secrecy, may open the postal item to determine
the contents for appropriate disposal in terms
of the UPU Acts, or

ii) it shall be kept for a minimum period of three
months and then thereafter it may be
destroyed.
(2)
Where a postal item (other than a postal parcel) that is
posted outside Botswana and addressed to an addressee at an
address in Botswana is undeliverable due to an unreadable or nonexistent address it shall be dealt with as follows -

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(a)

if practicable, it shall be returned to the sender; or

(b)

if the name and address of the sender does not
appear on the outside, an employee of the postal
operator authorised to open such items and bound
to secrecy, open the postal item to determine the
contents for appropriate disposal in terms of the
protocols and conventions of the UPU or be kept
for a period of minimum three months and
thereafter it may be destroyed.

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