# Post Office Act 1953 (repealed), Section 53: Unlawfully taking away or opening mail bag.

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

If any person unlawfully takes away or opens a mail bag sent by any ship, vehicle or aircraft employed by or under the Post Office for the transmission of postal packets under contract, or unlawfully takes a postal packet in course of transmission by post out of a mail bag so sent, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanour and be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/1-2/36/section/53 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/post-office-act-1953-repealed/section-53
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