1950_POST_OFFICE_ORDINANCE — Page 19

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CAP. 98]

[s. 32 cont.]

Offences by officers of the Post Office.

8 Edw. 7,

c. 48, s. 58.

Post Office.

(6) It shall be lawful for the Postmaster General to refuse to receive in the post or to refuse to forward anything which, by reason of its nature, contents or form or for any other reason, is not in accordance with any departmental rules made or adopted by him or any departmental practice followed in the Post Office.

33. (1) No officer of the Post Office shall-

(a) wilfully deliver any mail bag or postal packet to any person other than the person to whom such mail bag or postal packet ought to be delivered; issue any money order with a fraudulent intent;

(b)

(c) reissue a money order or postal order or postal note previously paid;

(d) wilfully pay any money order or postal order or postal note to any person other than the person to whom such money order or postal order or postal note should be paid;

(e) wilfully or negligently endanger the safety of any mail bag or postal packet;

(f) fraudulently put any wrong official mark on any mail bag or postal packet;

(g) fraudulently alter, remove or cause to disappear any official mark which is on any mail bag or postal packet;

(h) being entrusted with the delivery of any postal packet, knowingly demand or receive any sum of money in respect of the postage thereof which is not chargeable under this Ordinance;

(i) being entrusted with the preparing or keeping of any document, fraudulently prepare such document incorrectly or alter or secrete or destroy such document;

(j) send by post or put into any mail bag any postal packet upon which the postage has not been paid or charged in the prescribed manner, with intent thereby to defraud the Government of the postage payable on such packet;

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