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(d) remove by force any material obstruction to, or any person obstructing, any such entry, search, seizure, removal, and detention, as he is em- powered to effect; and
(e) opeu and examine any postal article found in such house, building or place, or on board such ship.
(3) No person shall delay or obstruct any entry, search, seizure, removal, or detention, which is authorised by this Ordinance.
(4) It shall be lawful for any public officer who in the execution of his duty shall discover any postal article in respect of which he may have reason to believe that any offence whatsoever has been or is about to be committed to seize and detain any such postal article.
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24.--(1) Where an officer of the Post Office vacates Surrender of his office (whether by reason of dismissal, resignation, clothing, etc., death, or otherwise) he, or if he is dead his personal by officer of representative and any person in possession of his effects, ceasing to shall deliver to the Postmaster General all articles be officer. (whether uniform, accoutrements, appointments, or other 8 Edw. 7, necessaries) which were issued to such officer for the c. 48. x. 44. execution of his duty, and are or were not the property of that officer, and shall deliver the articles in good order and condition, fair wear and tear only excepted.
(2) Every person who fails to comply with the provi- sions of this section shall, in lieu of or in addition to any fine which may be imposed upon him, be also liable to pay such sum not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars as the magistrate may determine to be the value of the articles not delivered, or, if the articles have been delivered but not in good order and condition, of the damage done to the articles.
(3) Any justice of the peace may issue a warrant by virtue of which a police officer may search for and seize any articles not delivered as required by this section, in like manner as if they were stolen goods and the warrant were a warrant to search for stolen goods.
delivered at
25.-(1) If any postal packet addressed to any person Postal at any hotel, boarding-house or shipping office, and packets delivered at such hotel, boarding-house or shipping hotels. etc.. office, is not claimed by, or forwarded to, the addressee and not within the respective periods specified in sub-section claimei, (2), the person in charge of such hotel, boarding-house, or shipping office shall forthwith return the postal packet to the Postmaster General, and the postal packet shall thereupon be treated as a postal packet which has been returned to the Post Office from inability to find the person to whom it is addressed.
(2) The respective times referred to in sub-section (1) shall be two weeks in the case of a postal packet posted in the Colony and two months in the case of a postal packet posted in any place outside the Colony : Provided that the Postmaster General may from time to time extend either of these periods as he may think fit in any particular case.
26. No person shall-
(a) steal, or embezzle, or obtain by false pretences or by any other fraudulent means, or destroy, any mail bag or postal packet or anything con- tained in or forming part of any mail bag or postal packet;
(b) steal, or embezzle, or obtain by false pretences or by any other fraudulent means, any letter, or anything contained in or forming part of any letter, whether such letter is in course of transmission by post or not;
Stealing, etc.. packets and of postal letters.
8 Edw. 7. c. 48. ss. 50. 52, 55.
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