# Post Office Act 1908, Section 17: Dealing with postal packets not sent in conformity with Act


If any postal packet is posted or sent by post in contravention of this Act, or of any warrant or regulations made thereunder, the transmission thereof may be refused, and the packet may, if necessary, be detained and opened in the Post Office, and shall be either returned to the sender thereof, or forwarded to its destination, in either case charged with such additional postage at a rate not exceeding the letter rate of postage, or without any additional charge, as Post Office regulations may direct.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Edw7/8/48/section/17 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/post-office-act-1908/section-17
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