Section 35: Fraud in use of postage stamps
consolidated text (as amended). juris shows the text as it was consolidated; it does not confirm that this is the law in force today.
35. Fraud in use of postage stamps
(1) No person shall—
(a) use fraudulently, for the prepayment of postage on articles conveyed by the postal service, used or washed postage stamps or
impressions of franking machines already used;
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(b) fraudulently remove from any postal packet, any postage stamp,
or any cover or wrapper impressed with a postage stamp or
bearing the impression of a franking machine, with the intent of
using, appropriating or disposing of, such stamp cover or wrapper on his own account;
(c) fraudulently affix upon any postal packet, any postage stamp or
use any cover or wrapper which has been removed under paragraph (b); or
(d) intentionally be a party to any act, not specially provided for in
this Act or any other enactment, with intent to defraud a licensee of any rate or charge leviable in virtue of any enactment.
(2) Any person who contravenes this section shall commit an offence.
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