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Long Title

Part I PRELIMINARY

Part IA POSTAL AUTHORITY

Part II EXCLUSIVE PRIVILEGE AND LICENSING, ETC., OF POSTAL SERVICES

Part III POSTAL SERVICES AND SYSTEMS

Part IV CODES OF PRACTICE AND DIRECTIONS

Part IVA CONTROL OVER DESIGNATED POSTAL LICENSEES

Part V OFFENCES AND PENALTIES

Part VI INTERNATIONAL OBLIGATIONS AND NATIONAL INTERESTS

Part VII ENFORCEMENT POWERS AND PROCEDURES

Part VIII GENERAL PROVISIONS

THE SCHEDULE Powers of Postal Authority

Legislative History

Comparative Table

 
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On 19/06/2013, you requested for the version in force on 19/06/2013 incorporating all amendments published on or before 19/06/2013. The closest version currently available is that of 02/01/2011.
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Fraudulent retention of postal article
36.
—(1)  Any person who —
(a)
except in accordance with this Act or unless authorised by the Postal Authority, wilfully retains or secretes or makes away with or keeps or detains or, when required by an employee of a public postal licensee, neglects or refuses to deliver up in the course of transmission by post any postal article or any mail bag containing any postal article; or
(b)
except in accordance with this Act or unless authorised by the Postal Authority, wilfully opens or causes to be opened any letter which ought to have been delivered, or does any act whereby the due delivery of a letter to any person is prevented or impeded,
shall be guilty of an offence.
[34/2007 wef 24/08/2007]
(2)  Nothing in subsection (1)(b) shall apply to a person who does any act to which that subsection applies where he is a parent, or in the position of a parent or guardian, of the person to whom the letter is addressed and the addressee is a minor or his ward.