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Part XIII · Offences and Penalties

69. Evasion of postage

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(1)

No person shall—

(a)

use any previously used postage stamp; or

(b)

affix on any postal article anything suggesting—

(i)

that the postal article is entitled to be transmitted by post free of postage or at a lower rate of postage than that otherwise applicable to the postal article; or

(ii)

that the postage or any part of the postage has been paid or ought to be paid by or charged to any other person, for the purpose of evading postage.

(2)

Any person who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding fifty thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both.

Laws of Malaysia ACT 741

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Tampering with official mark on a postal article

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