54. Penalty for misconduct of person employed to carry or deliver mail bags or postal articles

Any person who, being employed to carry, deliver or handle any mail bag or postal article in course of transmission by post —

is in a state of intoxication while so employed;

is guilty of carelessness or other misconduct, whereby the safety of any such mail bag or postal article is endangered;

loiters or makes delay in the conveyance or delivery of any such mail bag or postal article; or

does not use due care and diligence safely to convey or deliver any such mail bag or postal article, is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine of $500.