Postal Services Act 1999 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 5 · Offences and Penalties
38. Penalty for making any facsimile, imitation or representation of any postage stamp, etc.
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A person must not —
make, deal in, distribute or sell;
knowingly use for postal purposes or for the purpose of remitting or paying any money;
have in the person’s possession without any lawful excuse; or
make or, without any lawful excuse, have in the person’s possession, any die, plate, instrument or material for making,any facsimile, imitation or representation of any postage stamp or any document used by a public postal licensee in connection with the remittance or payment of money.
A person must not make, issue or send by post any stamped, franked or embossed envelope, wrapper, card, form or paper in imitation of one issued by a postal licensee.
post
“post” means any system for the collection, despatch, conveyance, sorting, handling and delivery of postal articles by or through a postal licensee;
A person who contravenes or fails to comply with subsection (1) or (2) shall be guilty of an offence.
Any stamp, die, plate, instrument or material found in the possession of any person who has contravened or failed to comply with subsection (1) or (2) may be seized by any employee of the Postal Authority and forfeited by a Magistrate’s Court, and must be dealt with as the Court directs.