TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND POSTAL OFFENCES ACT

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TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND POSTAL OFFENCES ACT

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

PART I – Telecommunication offences

1.     Tampering with wireless cables, etc.

2.     Illegal operation of telephone call offices, etc.

3.     Radio communications offences.

4.     Diversion of telephone line, etc.

5.     Fraud related offences, etc.

6.     Call-back operation.

7.     Obtaining telecommunications services by fraud, etc.

8.     Abandonment of telecommunication service.

9.     Personation.

10.    Use of premises.

11.    Touting, aiding and abetting, etc., commission of offence.

12.    Penalty under this Part.

PART II – Postal offences

13.    Tampering with postal matters, etc.

14.    Stealing postal matters, etc.

15.    Uttering, etc., of postal matters, etc.

16.    Mis-delivery of postal matters, etc.

17.    Sale of postal matters, etc., at unapproved price.

18.    Unauthorised communication of information.

19.    Unauthorised printing, etc., of stamp, etc.

20.    Hoarding of stamps, etc.

21.    Illegal operation of post office, etc.

22.    Courier operators.

23.    Unauthorised disclosure of post office box number, etc.

24.    Use of premises.

25.    Obtaining postal matter, etc., by the pretence.

26.    Personation.

27.    Abandonment of postal service.

28.    Breach of official duty.

29.    Aiding, abetting, etc., commission of an offence.

30.    Penalty under this Part.

PART III – Jurisdiction, etc.

31.    Jurisdiction to try offences.

32.    Power to control property of the accused.

33.    Jurisdiction unaffected by separation from service, etc.

PART IV – Miscellaneous

34.    Offence by bodies corporate.

35.    Power of search, detention, etc.

36.    Inconsistency.

37.    Obstruction of an approved agency, etc.

38.    Task Force.

39.    Trial in absentia.

40.    Directives by the Minister.

41.    Interpretation.

42.    Short title.

TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND POSTAL OFFENCES ACT

An Act to create offences and punishments for acts against telecommunications and postal services and to provide for other related matters connected therewith.

[13th September, 1995]    [Commencement.]

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