{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/post-office-act-1953-repealed/section-22",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/post-office-act-1953-repealed/section-22.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Eliz2/1-2/36",
  "legislation_title": "Post Office Act 1953 (repealed)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/post-office-act-1953-repealed",
  "path": "section/22",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "22",
  "heading": "Issuing money orders with fraudulent intent.",
  "text": "(1) If any person engaged in the business of the Post Office grants or issues any money order with a fraudulent intent, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanour and be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding seven years.\n(2) If any person engaged in the business of the Post Office re-issues a money order previously paid, he shall be deemed to have issued the order with a fraudulent intent for the purposes of this section.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words substituted by virtue of Post Office Act 1969 (c. 48), Sch. 4 para. 2(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words substituted by Theft Act 1968 (c. 60), Sch. 2 Pt. I para. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S.22 extended by Post Office Act 1969 (c. 48), Sch. 4 para. 2(9)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/1-2/36/section/22",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:16:39.685380+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}