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No. 6 of 1900.
Misdemeanors.
[7 Will. IV & 1 Vict. c. 36 s. 25.]
**
[ib. s. 31.]
Punishment for opening or delaying letters.
+
Enumeration of felonies. [ib. ss. 26-29.]
POST OFFICE.
34. The following acts shall be deemed misdemeanors :-
(a) opening, or suffering or procuring to be opened, or detaining or delaying, or procuring or suffering to be detained or delayed, any correspondence without lawful authority or excuse;
(b) wilfully delivering any correspondence to any person other than the person to whom the same ought to be delivered;
(c) fraudulently obtaining from any person employed by or under the Post Office, or fraudulently detaining, or wilfully secreting, keeping or detaining, any letter bag, or any correspondence which ought to have been delivered to any person; and
(d) fraudulently removing any postage stamp from any correspondence;
and every person who is convicted thereof shall be liable to imprisonment for any term not exceeding 2 years.
35.-(1) Every person, not being employed by or under the Post Office, who wilfully and maliciously, with intent to injure any other person, either opens or causes to be opened any letter which ought to have been delivered to such other person, or does any act or thing whereby the due delivery of such letter to such other person is prevented or impeded, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, on summary conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding 500 dollars, or to imprisonment for any term not exceeding 6 months.
(2) Nothing in this section shall apply to a person who does any act to which this section applies where he is parent or in the position of a parent or guardian of the person to whom the letter is addressed.
(3) A prosecution shall not be instituted in pursuance of this section except by direction of the Postmaster General.
(4) The expression "letter," as used in this section, means any letter, newspaper, book, pamphlet, document, package, or other article whatsoever which has been delivered by post.
36. The following acts shall be deemed felonies :-
(a) stealing, embezzling, secreting, or destroying any correspondence by a person employed by or under the Post Office;
(b) stealing from or out of any correspondence any chattel, money, or valuable security;
* As amended by No. 30 of 1911, No. 35 of 1911, No. 1 of 1912 and No. 2 of 1912.
As amended by No. 30 of 1911, No. 1 of 1912 and No. 21 of 1912.
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1102
No. 6 of 1900.
Mis- demeanors.
[7 Will. IV &
1 Vict. c. 36
s. 25.]
**
[ib. s. 31.]
Punishment for opening or delaying letters.
+
Enumeration of felonies. [ib. ss. 26- 29.]
POST OFFICE.
34. The following acts shall be deemed misdemeanors :-
(a) opening, or suffering or procuring to be opened, or detaining or delaying, or procuring or suffering to be detained or delayed, any correspondence without lawful authority or excuse;
(b) wilfully delivering any correspondence to any person other than the person to whom the same ought to be delivered;
(c) fraudulently obtaining from any person employed by or under the Post Office, or fraudulently detaining, or wilfully secreting, keeping or detaining, any letter bag, or any correspondence which ought to have been delivered to any person; and
(d) fraudulently removing any postage stamp from any corres- pondence;
and every person who is convicted thereof shall be liable to im- prisonment for any term not exceeding 2 years.
35.-(1) Every person, not being employed by or under the Post Office, who wilfully and maliciously, with intent to injure any other person, either opens or causes to be opened any letter which ought to have been delivered to such other person, or does any act or thing whereby the due delivery of such letter to such other person is pre- vented or impeded, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, on summary conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding 500 dollars, or to imprisonment for any term not exceeding 6 months.
(2) Nothing in this section shall apply to a person who does any act to which this section applies where he is parent or in the position of a parent or guardian of the person to whom the letter is addressed.
(3) A prosecution shall not be instituted in pursuance of this section except by direction of the Postmaster General.
(4) The expression "letter," as used in this section, means any letter, newspaper, book, pamphlet, document, package, or other article whatsoever which has been delivered by post.
36. The following acts shall be deemed felonies :---
(a) stealing, embezzling, secreting, or destroying any correspon- dence by a person employed by or under the Post Office;
(b) stealing from or out of any correspondence any chattel, money, or valuable security;
* As amended by No. 30 of 1911, No. 35 of 1911, No. 1 of 1912 and
No. 2 of 1912.
As amended by No. 30 of 1911, No. 1 of 1912 and No, 21 of 1912.
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