# Post Office Act 1953 (repealed), Section 60: Prohibition of placing injurious substances in or against post office letter boxes or telephone kiosks.

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

(1) A person shall not place or attempt to place in or against any post office letter box . . . any fire, match, light, explosive substance, dangerous substance, filth, noxious or deleterious substance, or fluid, and shall not commit a nuisance in or against any post office letter box . . . , and shall not do or attempt to do anything likely to injure the box, . . . or its appurtenances or contents.
(2) If any person acts in contravention of this section, he shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £100 or on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding twelve months.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/1-2/36/section/60 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/post-office-act-1953-repealed/section-60
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