Postal Services Act 2012 · Updated to 1 May 2020 · Part XIII · Offences and Penalties
64. Unlawful acts on postal article
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disposes of or destroys;
opens;
keeps, detains or hides;
delays, abandons or misdirects;
tampers with; or
obstructs, any postal article in the course of its transmission, commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to both.
postal article
“postal article” means a letter, a package, a parcel, a wrapper or a container that can be collected, transmitted and delivered through the postal network of a licensee;
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Fictitious and counterfeit postage stamp
postage stamp
“postage stamp” means any label or stamp which denotes any rate of postage fee or other sum payable in respect of a postal article, and includes adhesive postage stamps and stamp printed, embossed, impressed or otherwise indicated on any envelop, wrapper, postcard or other article, whether such stamp is issued under this Act or under the law of any other country;