Section 23

Any postal article sent by post which is suspected to be sent in contravention of this Act or any regulations made under this Act may be detained and opened by a public postal licensee or otherwise dealt with in accordance with the directions of the Postal Authority.

The detention of a postal article under subsection (1) does not exempt the sender from any proceedings which might have been taken if the postal article had been delivered in due course of post.

Any postal article sent in contravention of this Act or any regulations made under this Act must be destroyed, returned to the sender or dealt with in any other manner that the Postal Authority may direct.

The Postal Authority may, by written order, direct a postal licensee to detain and open all or any postal articles sent by any person or persons named in the order who are reasonably suspected of sending postal articles by post in contravention of this Act.

Upon receipt of an order under subsection (4), a postal licensee must detain and open the postal article or articles specified in the order, and any postal article found to have been sent in contravention of this Act must be dealt with in accordance with subsection (3).