Section 32 Penalty for opening of mail bag by master or commander of ship or aircraft.C1

United Kingdom

(1)

If the master of a ship or the commander of an aircraft—

(a)

opens a sealed mail bag with which he is entrusted for conveyance; or

(b)

takes out of a mail bag with which he is entrusted for conveyance any postal packet or other thing,

he shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding F1level 4 on the standard scale.

(2)

If any person to whom postal packets have been entrusted by the master of a ship or the commander of an aircraft to deliver to the F2Post Office, breaks the seal, or in any manner wilfully opens them, he shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding F3level 2 on the standard scale.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words substituted by virtue of (E.W.) Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), ss. 38, 46 and (S.) Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21, SIF 39:1), ss. 289F, 289G and (N.I.) by S.I. 1984/703 (N.I. 3), arts. 5, 6
F2: Words substituted by virtue of Post Office Act 1969 (c. 48), Sch. 4 para. 2(1)
F3: Words substituted by virtue of (E.W.) Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), s. 46 and (S.) Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21, SIF 39:1), s. 289G and (N.I.) by virtue of S.I. 1984/703 (N.I. 3), arts. 5, 6

Modifications

C1: S. 32 applied (with modifications) (7.3.2001) by S.I. 2001/878, art. 10 (with art. 17)

Notes on the whole Act

Textual amendments

F1: Act repealed (1.1.2001 for ss. 29, 44, 45, and 26.3.2001 otherwise) by 2000 c. 26, ss. 127(6), 130(1), Sch. 9 Note; S.I. 2000/2957, art. 2(2), Sch. 2 Table; S.I. 2001/878, art. 2, Sch. Table (subject to transitional and saving provisions in arts. 3-17); S.I. 2001/1148, art. 2(2), Sch. Table (subject to arts. 3-42)