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(ii) in any premises on which there is a telephone exchange worked by a
telecommunication licensee;
or
(c) wilfully obstructs, hinders or delays any employee of a licensee in the execution of his
duty;
shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding level five or to imprisonment for a
period not exceeding six months or to both such fine and such imprisonment. 24
(2) Any person contravening paragraph (a) or (b) of subsection (1) who, on being required
so to do by a person employed by the licensee concerned, fails to leave the post office or
telephone exchange immediately may be removed by an employee of the licensee, and any police
officer shall, on being so requested by such an employee, remove or assist in removing any such
person.
87 False entries relating to mail and fraudulent use of official mark
(1) Any employee of a postal licensee who is required to keep a record relating to mail and
who fails to keep such record or makes a false entry in such record or erases or alters any entry in
such record shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding level five or to
imprisonment for a period not exceeding six months or to both such fine and such
imprisonment.25
(2) Any employee of a postal licensee who, with intent to defraud, puts any incorrect official
mark on a postal article 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.26
88 Offensive or false telephone messages
Any person who⎯
(a) sends by telephone any message that is grossly offensive or is of an indecent, obscene or
threatening character; or
(b) sends by telephone any message that he knows to be false for the purpose of causing
annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety to any other person; or
(c) makes any telephone call or series or combination of telephone calls without reasonable
cause for the purpose of causing annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety;
shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding level five or to imprisonment for a
period not exceeding six months or to both such fine and such imprisonment. 27
89 Wilful damage to or interference with telecommunication line
(1) Any person who⎯
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and related offences
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and related offences
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Section amended by s. 4 of Act 22/2001.
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