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(f) sells or otherwise disposes of, or has in his custody or possession any paper provided or
made for the purpose of being used for postage stamps or for any other purposes by any
postal licensee before such paper has been issued for public use; or
(g) makes use of any stamp, die or plate engraved or made or paper made by any postal
licensee; or
(h) sells or otherwise disposes of, purchases, receives or has in his custody or possession
any paper or material whatever bearing any impression or mark of any such stamp, die
or plate as is referred to in paragraph (g) or paper engraved or made by any postal
licensee; or
(i) makes on any envelope, wrapper, card, form or paper any mark in imitation of or
similar to or purporting to be any stamp or mark used by any postal licensee; or
(j) writes or reproduces in any other manner whatsoever upon any article any word, letter,
device or mark that signifies or implies or is likely to signify or imply that such article
has been or is entitled to be sent through the post;
shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding level eleven or to imprisonment for
a period not exceeding seven years or to both such fine and such imprisonment. 16
81 Offences in relation to postage stamps and post marks
(1) Any person who⎯
(a) with intent to defraud⎯
(i) removes any postage stamp from any article sent by post or any telegram or
from any document used by any postal licensee; or
(ii) removes from any postage stamp that has previously been used any mark or
impression that has been made thereon at any post office by any postal licensee;
or
(iii) uses, utters or puts off any postage stamp that has previously been used; or
(iv) erases, cuts, scrapes, defaces, obliterates, adds to or alters any mark or
impression upon any postal article, money order, postal order or other warrant,
order, paper or material whatsoever provided, used or made by any postal
licensee; or
(v) sends or causes to be sent by post any article that falsely purports to be exempt
from postage in terms of this Act;
or
(b) sells any postage stamp from which any mark or impression put thereon at any post
office by a postal licensee has been removed;
shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding level six or to imprisonment for a
period not exceeding one year or to both such fine and such imprisonment. 17
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Section amended by s. 4 of Act 22/2001.
17
Subsection amended by s. 4 of Act 22/2001.
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