Section 57 Stealing, embezzlement, destruction etc. by officer of Post Office of postal packet.C3C1C2
United Kingdom
If any F1person engaged in the business of the Post OfficeF2steals, or for any purpose whatever embezzles, secretes . . . F3 a postal packet in course of transmission by post, he shall be guilty of F4a misdemeanour and be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding seven years . . . F5
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Words substituted by virtue of Post Office Act 1969 (c. 48), Sch. 4 para. 2(1)
- F2
Words repealed (E.W.) by Theft Act 1968 (c. 60), Sch. 3 Pt. I
- F3
Words repealed by (E.W.) (S.) Criminal Damage Act 1971 (c. 48), Sch. Pt. II and (N.I.) S.I. 1977/426 (N.I.4), Sch. 2
- F4
Words substituted by Theft Act 1968 (c. 60), Sch. 2 Pt. I para. 7(b)
- F5
Words repealed by Theft Act 1968 (c. 60), Sch. 2 Pt. I para. 7(a)
Modifications
- C1
S. 57 amended as to mode of trial (E.W.) by Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 (c. 43, SIF 82), s. 17, Sch. 1 para. 22
- C2
S. 57 amended by S.I. 1981/1675, (N.I. 26), Sch. 2 para. 8
- C3
S. 53 amended as to mode of trial by S.I. 1981/1675 (N.I. 26), arts. 45(1), 46(3) (as substituted by S.I. 1986/1883 (N.I. 15), art. 3(2), Sch. 2
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Act repealed (1.1.2001 for ss. 29, 44, 45, and 26.3.2001 otherwise) by 2000 c. 26, ss. 127(6), 130(1), Sch. 9 Note; S.I. 2000/2957, art. 2(2), Sch. 2 Table; S.I. 2001/878,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)