# Post Office Act 1953 (repealed), Section 8: Conditions of transit of postal packets.

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

1), (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3) If any postal packet is posted or sent by post in contravention of this Act or of any . . . regulation made thereunder, the transmission thereof may be refused and the packet may, if necessary, be detained and opened in the post office and may be returned to the sender thereof or forwarded to its destination, subject in either case to any . . . regulations as to additional postage or other charges, or may be destroyed or otherwise disposed of as the Post Office may direct.
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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/1-2/36/section/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/post-office-act-1953-repealed/section-8
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