Section 27: Duty to receive and deliver mailbag.

(1) The master of a vessel, not being a contract vessel, about to depart from one port or place in Nigeria to a port or place within or a port or place beyond the limits of Nigeria, shall receive on board, any mail bag tendered to him by an officer of the Postal Service for conveyance, granting a receipt therefore in such form as the Postmaster-General may prescribe and shall without delay deliver the mail bag at the port or place of destination.
(2) A person who fails to comply with the provisions of subsection (1) of this section, commits an offence under this Act and shall on conviction be liable to a fine of N10,000.