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Post Office Act · 2018 Revised Edition · Part 12
Post Office Act · 2018 Revised Edition · Part 12
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
A share not exceeding one moiety of every fine imposed and levied under this Act may be awarded to the Postmaster General on his request for the purpose of being paid to the informer.
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Trial of offences and authority for prosecutions under certain sections 82.
Notwithstanding the provisions of any written law to the contrary, a Court of a Magistrate shall have jurisdiction to try any offence under this Act and shall have power to impose any penalty or combination of penalties provided for an offence under this Act.
No court shall take cognisance of an offence punishable under any of the provisions of section 55, 56, 58, 59(a) or (b), 60, 61, 63, 64, 65,
68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 75, 76, 77 or 95(3) except in proceedings brought upon complaint made by or by order of the Postmaster General, or in proceedings brought with the written sanction of the Attorney General.
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