1086
[cf. s. 2 (2).]
Felonies.
7 Will. 4 &
1 Vict. C. 30, ss. 26-29.
*
Obstruction
of officers of the Post Office.
*
Receiving stolen corres-
pondence.
Ordinance
No. 5 of 1865.
No. 6 of 1900.
POST OFFICE.
(3) A prosecution shall not be instituted in pursuance of this section except by direction of the Postmaster General.
(4) In this section, "letter" means any letter, newspaper, book, pamphlet, document, package, or other article whatsoever which has been delivered by post.
40. The following acts shall be deemed felonies:---
(1) stealing, embezzling, secreting, or destroying any correspondence by a person employed by or under the Post Office;
(2) stealing from or out of any correspondence any chattel, money, or valuable security;
(3) 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;
(4) 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 seven years.
41.-(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 upon summary conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding twenty 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 upon summary conviction be liable to a further fine not exceeding fifty 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.
42. 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.
* As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1924.
1086
[ef. s. 2 (2).]
Felonies.
7 Will. 4 &
1 Viet. C. 30, ss. 26-29.
*
Obstruction
of officers of the Post Office.
*
Receiving stolen corres-
pondence.
Ordinance
No. 5 of 1865.
No. 6 of 1900.
POST OFFICE.
(3) A prosecution shall not be instituted in pursuance of this section except by direction of the Postmaster General.
(4) In this section, "letter means any letter, newspaper, book, pamphlet, document, package, or other article whatso- ever which has been delivered by post.
40. The following acts shall be deemed felonies:---
(1) stealing, embezzling, secreting, or destroying any correspondence by a person employed by or under the Post Office;
(2) stealing from or out of any correspondence any chattel, money, or valuable security ;
(3) 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;
(4) 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 seven years.
41.-(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 upon sum- mary conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding twenty 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 re- quired refuses or fails to comply with the requirement, he shall upon summary conviction be liable to a further fine not exceeding fifty 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.
42. 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.
* As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1924.
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