Repealed2018 Revised EditionCurrent version · 2018 Revised EditionSee versions on Attorney General's Chambers(opens the publisher’s site)
Post Office Act · 2018 Revised Edition · Part 12
Post Office Act · 2018 Revised Edition · Part 12
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Any person who, not being an officer of the Department —
wilfully and maliciously with intent to injure any person either 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, is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine of $1,000 and imprisonment for 6 months.
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Nothing in this section shall apply to a person who does any act to which this section applies if he is a parent, or in the position of a parent or guardian, of the addressee and the addressee is a minor or ward.
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