POST OFFICE.
No. 6 of 1900.
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(c) stealing or unlawfully taking away a letter bag, or stealing or unlawfully taking any correspondence from or out of a letter bag, or unlawfully opening a letter bag;
(d) stealing any correspondence from a letter bag, or from a Post Office, or from an officer of the Post Office;
and every person who is convicted thereof shall be liable to imprisonment for any term not exceeding 7 years.
Obstruction of officers of
36a.-(1) 36a. (1) If any person whilst in any post office, or within any premises belonging to any post office or used therewith, obstructs the course of business thereof, he shall be liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding 20 dollars.
(2) Any officer of the Post Office may require any person guilty of any offence under this section, to leave a post office or any such premises as aforesaid and, if the person so required refuses or fails to comply with the requirement, he shall be liable, on summary conviction, to a further fine not exceeding 50 dollars, and may be removed by any officer of the Post Office, and all constables are required on demand to remove or assist in removing every such person.
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stolen correspondence.
37. The sections of the Larceny Ordinance, 1865, relating to receiving stolen goods, that is to say, sections 79 and 81 to 87, shall apply to felonies and misdemeanors committed under this Ordinance; and for that purpose the expression "this Ordinance," when used in the said sections, shall be taken to include the present Ordinance.
No. 5 of 1865.
to be used in proceedings for offence.
38. In any proceedings against any person for any offence committed against this Ordinance in respect of any letter bag or correspondence, it shall be sufficient to allege such letter bag or correspondence to be the property of the Postmaster General without mentioning his name; and in any such proceedings against any person employed by or under the Post Office, it shall be sufficient to allege that such person was employed by or under the Post Office, without stating further the nature or particulars of his employment.
17 II. IV & 1 Vict. c. 36 s. 40.
39. Any pecuniary penalty for an offence against this Ordinance may be recovered summarily, but proceedings for the recovery of penalty, and
* As amended by No. 32 of 1911.
§ As amended by No. 43 of 1912 Supp. Sched.
§ As amended by No. 2 of 1912 and No. 21 of 1912.
pecuniary limitation of time.
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