Postal Services Act · 2024 Revised Edition · Part · Offences and Penalties
39. Penalty for making facsimile, imitation or representation of postage stamp etc.
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
No person shall —
make, deal in, distribute or sell;
knowingly use for postal purposes or for the purpose of remitting or paying any money;
have in his possession without any lawful excuse; or
make or, without any lawful excuse, have in his possession, any die, plate, instrument or material for making, any facsimile, imitation or representation of any postage stamp or any document used by a public postal licensee in connection with the remittance or payment of money.
No person shall make, issue or send by post any stamped, franked or embossed envelope, wrapper, card, form or paper in imitation of one issued by a postal licensee.
post
“post” means any system for the collection, despatch, conveyance, sorting, handling and delivery of postal articles by or through a postal licensee;
Any person who contravenes or fails to comply with subsection (1) or (2) is guilty of an offence.
Any stamp, die, plate, instrument or material found in the possession of any person who has contravened or failed to comply with subsection (1) or (2) may be seized by any employee of the Authority and
Authority
“Authority” means the Authority for Info-communications Technology Industry of Brunei Darussalam established by section 3 of the Authority for Info-communications Technology Industry of Brunei Darussalam Order, 2001;
Postal Services forfeited by a Court of a Magistrate, and shall be dealt with as the Court directs.
Terms defined in s 2
Authority
Defined · s 2“Authority” means the Authority for Info-communications Technology Industry of Brunei Darussalam established by section 3 of the Authority for Info-communications Technology Industry of Brunei Darussalam Order, 2001;
post
Defined · s 2“post” means any system for the collection, despatch, conveyance, sorting, handling and delivery of postal articles by or through a postal licensee;
postage stamp
Defined · s 2“postage stamp” means any label or stamp for denoting any postage or other sum payable in respect of a postal article, and includes any adhesive postage stamp or stamp printed, impressed or otherwise indicated on a postal article, whether the postage stamp is issued under this Act or by the government of any other country;
postal licensee
Defined · s 2“postal licensee” means a person to whom a postal licence has been granted under section 8;
public postal licensee
Defined · s 2“public postal licensee” means a person designated by the Authority under section 9;
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