Provision
for stamps.
Prohibition of imitation of post office stamps, cuvelopes. forms and marks.
Prohibition
of placing injurious
Substances
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7. All duties of postage and other sums in respect of postal packets payable in pursuance of this Ordinance, or of any regulations made under this Ordinance, shall be chargeable as stamp duties, and all enactments relating to stamp duties shall apply accordingly.
8.—(1.) A person shall not without due authority-
(a.) make, issue, or send by post or otherwise any envelope, wrapper, form, or paper in imitation of one issued by or under the authority of the Postmaster General, or of any foreign or colonial postal authority, or having thereon any words, letters, or marks which signify or imply or may reasonably lead the recipient to believe that a postal packet hearing them is sent on His Ma- jesty's service; or
(h.) make on any envelope, wrapper, card, form, or paper for the purpose of being issued or sent by post or otherwise, or otherwise used, any mark in imitation of or similar to or purporting to be any stamp or mark of any post office under the Postmaster tieneral. or under any foreign or colonial postal authority, or any words, letters, or marks which signify or imply, or may reasonably lead the recipient thereof to believe, that a postal packet bearing them is sent on His Majesty's service; or
(c.) issue or send by post or otherwise any en- velope, wrapper, card, form, or paper so
marked.
(2.) If any person acts in contravention of this section he shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding twenty dollars.
9.-(1.) A person shall not place or attempt to place in or against any post office letter box any fire," any match, any light, any explosive substance, any danger- in or against ous substance, any filth, any noxious or deleterious substance or any fluid, and shall not commit a nuisance in or against any Post Office lotter box and shall not do or attempt to do anything likely to injure the box, appurtenance or contents.
post office
letter boxes.
Prohibition of sending by post explosive, inflammable. or deleterious
substances. or indecent prints, words, etc.
(2.) If any person acts in contravention of this section he shall be guilty of an offence against the Principal
Ordinance.
10.—(1.) A person shall not send or attempt to send a postal packet which either-—-
(a,) encloses any explosive, any dangerous sub-
stance, any filth, any noxious or deleterious substance, any sharp instrument not prop- erly protected, any living creature which is either noxious or likely to injure other postal packets in course of conveyance or an officer of the Post Office, or any article or thing whatsoever which is likely to injure either other postal packets in course of con- yeyance or an officer of the Post Office; or (h) encloses any indecent or obscene print. painting, photograph, lithograph. engrav- ing. book or card or any indecent or ob- seene article whether similar to the above or not; or
(7.) has on the packet, or on the cover thereof any words, marks or designs of an indecent, obscene or offensive character.
(2.) If any person acts in contravention of this see- tion, he shall be guilty of an offence against the Prin- cipal Ordinance.
(3.) The detention in the Post Office of any postal packer on the ground of its being in contravention of htis section shall not exempt the sender thereof from