# Post Office Act 1953 (repealed), Section 52: Stealing mail bag or postal packet.

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

If any person—
(a) steals a mail bag;
(b) steals any postal packet in course of transmission by post;
(c) steals any chattel, money or valuable security out of a postal packet in course of transmission by post; or
(d) stops a mail with intent to rob or search the mail,
he shall be guilty of a misdemeanour and be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/1-2/36/section/52 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/post-office-act-1953-repealed/section-52
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