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Postal Services Act 2012 s 69

Postal Services Act 2012 s 69

s 69 Evasion of postage

(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.

Malay text (authoritative)

Pengelakan bayaran pos

(1) Tiada seorang pun boleh— (a) menggunakan apa-apa setem pos yang telah digunakan terdahulu; atau (b) menampal pada mana-mana barang pos apa-apa jua yang menyarankan— (i) bahawa barang pos itu berhak untuk disalurkan melalui pos tanpa sebarang bayaran pos atau dengan bayaran pos pada kadar yang rendah daripada yang selainnya terpakai untuk suatu barang pos; atau (ii) bahawa bayaran pos atau apa-apa bahagian daripada bayaran pos itu telah dibayar atau sepatutnya dibayar atau dicaj kepada mana-mana orang lain, bagi maksud mengelak bayaran pos. (2) Mana-mana orang yang melanggar subseksyen (1) melakukan suatu kesalahan dan boleh, apabila disabitkan, didenda tidak melebihi lima puluh ribu ringgit atau dipenjarakan selama tempoh tidak melebihi enam bulan atau kedua-duanya.

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Source: Laws of Malaysia, Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia (lom.agc.gov.my). Not a copy of the Gazette printed by the Government Printer (Interpretation Acts 1948 and 1967, s 61).

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