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Section 64 Prohibition of false notice as to reception of letters, etc.

United Kingdom

(1)

A person shall not without the authority of the F1Post Office place or maintain in or on any house, wall, door, window, box, post, pillar or other place belonging to him or under his control, any of the following words, letters or marks, that is to say—

(a)

the words “post office” . . . F2;

(b)

the words “letter box” accompanied with words, letters or marks which signify or imply or may reasonably lead the public to believe that it is a post office letter box; or

(c)

any words, letters or marks which signify or imply or may reasonably lead the public to believe that any house or place is a post office, . . . , or that any box is a post office letter box;

and every person, when required by a notice given by the Post Office to remove or efface any such words, letters or marks as aforesaid, or to remove or effectually close up any letter box belonging to him or under his control which has been a post office letter box, shall comply with the requirement.

(2)

A person shall not without the authority of the Post Office—

(a)

place or maintain in or on any ship, vehicle, aircraft or premises belonging to him or under his control; or

(b)

use in any document in relation to himself or any other person or in relation to any ship, vehicle, aircraft or premises, the words “Royal Mail” or “Royal Air Mail” or any words, letters or marks which signify or imply or may reasonably lead the public to believe that the ship, vehicle, aircraft or premises is or are used by the Post Office or with his authority for the purpose of collecting or conveying postal packets or that he or that other person is authorised by the Post Office to collect or convey such packets; and every person when required by a notice given by the Post Office to remove or efface or cease to use any such words, letters or marks as aforesaid shall comply with the requirement.

(3)

If any person acts in contravention of this section, he shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding F3level 1 on the standard scale, and, if the offence is continued after a previous conviction, to a fine not exceeding F425p. for every day during which the offence so continues.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words substituted by virtue of Post Office Act 1969 (c. 48), Sch. 4 para. 2(14)

F2

Words repealed by British Telecommunications Act 1981 (c. 38, SIF 96), Sch. 6 Pt. II

F3

Words substituted by virtue of (E.W.) Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), ss. 38, 46 and (S.) Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21, SIF 39:1), ss. 289F, 289G and (N.I.) by S.I. 1984/703 (N.I. 3), arts. 5, 6

F4

Words substituted by virtue of Decimal Currency Act 1969 (c. 19), s. 10(1)

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)