Cap. 173 Rev. 1985
Subsidiary Legislation
Telecommunications
Reimbursements
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76. If application is made within 6 months of the date of despatch of the
relative telegram, the following charges may be refunded to the persons who
originally paid them, in the following cases:—
(a) the full charge paid on any telegram which. through the fault. of the
"telegraph service has failed to reach its destination;
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(6) the full charge paid on a telegram which as a result of errors made in
transmission fails to accomplish its object;
(c) the amount deposited on an unused prepaid reply telegram.
Abbreviated addresses
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77. Abbreviated telegraph addresses may be registered by the Permanent
Secretary on- payment of the prescribed fee. Payment shall be made up to 31
December following the date of registration, any part of a quarter being paid for as
a full quarter.
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Form of abbreviated address
78. No abbreviated telegraph address may consist of more than one word in
addition to the:name of the town or place where registration is desired. The word
must not contain more than 10 letters and must be easy to read. Proper names can
only in rare cases be accepted,.and in no case can a proper name be registered for a
person of a different name. The names of professions, trades, districts, countries,
states, towns,
streets and newspapers may
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not be used as registered addresses.
No delivery to unregistered abbreviated address
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79.:The Permanent Secretary shall not be required to deliver a telegram
having an abbreviated telegraph address if such address has not been registered and
the fee paid.
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Delivery of telegram
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80, A telegram taken to a place. of residence or business may be delivered
either to the addressee, to.an adult member of his family, to his employee, lodgers
“or landlord, or to.a servant of the house who shall. sign a receipt for the telegram,
unless the addressee has given special instructions. to the contrary. Télegrams may
be delivered by telephone to the telephone number of the addressee and will be
followed by confirmation.
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81. Notwithstanding
subscriber may—
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Telephoned telegrams
the provisions of -regulations 58 or 59, a telephone
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(a) send a telegram for transmission to any place within Fiji or to any locally
registered ship operating within Fiji; or.
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(b) with the prior approval ofthe Permanent Secretary, and subject to the
deposit by such subscriber under the provisions of regulation 8 of
such amount as the Permanent Secretary may require, send a
telegram for transmission to any place outside Fiji or to any ship,
other than a
locally registered ship operating within Fiji, -
by telephoning the contents thereof to the nearest telegraph office in Fiji, in which
case all charges in respect of such telegram shall be charged to the subscriber’s
telephone account. _
(Substituted by Regulations 21 February 1966.)