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PART V |
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OFFENCES IN RELATION TO POSTAL SERVICES |
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Offences of interfering with the mail |
| Interfering with the mail: postal operators. |
68. - (1) A person who is engaged in the business of a postal operator commits an offence if, contrary to his duty and without reasonable excuse, he intentionally delays or opens a postal packet in the course of its transmission by post.
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(2) A person who commits an offence under subsection (1) shall be liable-
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(a) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both, |
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(b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to both. |
| Interfering with the mail: general. |
69. - (1) A person commits an offence if, without reasonable excuse, he intentionally delays or opens a postal packet in the course of its transmission by post.
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(2) A person commits an offence if, intending to act to a person's detriment and without reasonable excuse, he opens a postal packet which he knows or reasonably suspects has been incorrectly delivered to him.
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(3) A person who commits an offence under subsection (1) or (2) shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both.
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Prohibition on sending certain articles by post |
| Prohibition on sending certain articles by post. |
70. - (1) A person commits an offence if he sends by post a postal packet which encloses any creature, article or thing of any kind which is likely to injure other postal packets in course of their transmission by post or any person engaged in the business of a postal operator.
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(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to postal packets which enclose anything permitted (whether generally or specifically) by the postal operator concerned.
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(3) A person commits an offence if he sends by post a postal packet which encloses-
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(a) any indecent or obscene print, painting, photograph, lithograph, engraving, cinematograph film or other record of a picture or pictures, book, card or written communication, or |
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(b) any other indecent or obscene article (whether or not of a similar kind to those mentioned in paragraph (a)). |
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(4) A person commits an offence if he sends by post a postal packet which has on the packet, or on the cover of the packet, any words, marks or designs which are of an indecent or obscene character.
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(5) A person who commits an offence under this section shall be liable-
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(a) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, |
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(b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding twelve months or to both. |
