Section 28: Fraudulent retention
consolidated text (as amended). juris shows the text as it was consolidated; it does not confirm that this is the law in force today.
28. Fraudulent retention
Any person who fraudulently opens, retains, wilfully secretes, keeps or
detains, or, when required by any officer of the postal service, neglects or
refuses to deliver up—
(a) any postal packet in course of post and which ought to have
been delivered to any other person; or
(b) any postal packet in course of post or any mail bag which has
been found by him or by any other person,
shall commit an offence.