Section 63 Prohibition of fictitious stamps.C3C1C2
United Kingdom
F1Except for such purposes as may be approved by the Post Office in writing and in accordance with such (if any) conditions as may be attached to the approval, a person shall not . . . F2
make, knowingly utter, deal in or sell any fictitious stamp;
have in his possession, unless he shows a lawful excuse, any fictitious stamp; or
make or, unless he shows a lawful excuse, have in his possession any die, plate, instrument or materials for making any fictitious stamp.
A person shall not knowingly use for the purposes of the Post Office any fictitious stamp.
Any stamp, die, plate, instrument or materials found in the possession of any person in contravention of subsection (1) of this section may be seized and shall be forfeited.
The importation into the United Kingdom F5from a place outside the member States . . . F6 —
of any facsimile, imitation or representation, whether on paper or otherwise, of any stamp for denoting any rate of postage, whether of the British postal area or of any country outside that area; or
of any die, plate, instrument or materials for making such a facsimile, imitation or representation,
is hereby prohibited.
In this section the expression “fictitious stamp” means any facsimile, imitation or representation, whether on paper or otherwise, of any stamp for the time being authorised or required to be used for the purposes of the Post Office or of F7any current stamp for denoting a rate of postage of any country outside the British postal area.
Notwithstanding anything in F8sections 16(1) and 17(2)(a) of the M1Interpretation Act 1978 (which relates to the effect of repeal and re-enactment), any reference to section sixty-five of the M2Post Office Act 1908, in, or in any regulations made under, any other enactment applying or adapting that section for the purposes of that enactment or of any such regulations shall, unless the contrary intention appears, be construed as a reference to the provisions of that section as originally enacted, being the provisions set out in the Second Schedule to this Act.
Annotations
Textual amendments
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Words substituted by Post Office Act 1969 (c. 48), Sch. 4 para. 2(15)
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Words repealed by Post Office Act 1961 (c. 15), Sch.
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Words substituted by Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981 (c.45, SIF 39:7), s. 29
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Words substituted by virtue of (E.W.) Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c.48, SIF 39:1), s. 46; (S.) Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c.21, SIF 39:1), s. 289G and (N.I.) by S.I. 1984/703 (N.I. 3), arts. 5, 6
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Words in s. 63(5) inserted (22.6.1993) by S.I. 1993/1324, reg.2
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Words repealed by S.I. 1973/960, art. 14
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Words substituted by Post Office Act 1969 (c. 48), Sch. 5 para. 3
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Words substituted by virtue of Interpretation Act 1978 (c. 30), s. 25(2)
Marginal citations
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Modifications
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Power to apply s.63 conferred by National Debt Act 1972 (c. 65), s. 10(1), Social Security Act 1975 (c. 14), Sch. 1 para. 6(3) and Social Security (Northern Ireland) Act 1975 (c. 15), Sch. 1 para. 6(3)
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Power to apply s. 63 conferred (E.W.S.) (1.7.1992) by Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (c. 4), ss. 1(4), 177(4), Sch. 1 para. 8(3)(b) (with s. 108(5)).
Power to apply s. 63 conferred (N.I.) (1.7.1992) by Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 7), ss. 1(4), 173(4), Sch. 1 para. 8(3)(b) (with s. 108(5)).
S. 63 continued (7.3.2001) by S.I. 2001/878, art. 11 (with art. 17)
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S. 63 amended by S.I. 1969/1368, art. 12 and S.I. 1973/960, art. 14
Notes on the whole Act
Textual amendments
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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)