Commonwealth Numbered Acts

POSTAL SERVICES ACT 1975 No. 54, 1975 - SECT 88

88. (1) A person shall not, with intent to defraud-

   (a)  remove from a postal article sent by post any postage stamp affixed to
        the article;

   (b)  remove from a postage stamp that has previously been used any postmark
        made on the stamp; or

   (c)  use for postal purposes a postage stamp that has previously been used
        for postal purposes or has been obliterated or defaced.

Penalty: Imprisonment for 1 year.

(2) In any proceedings for an offence against paragraph (1) (c), proof that
the person charged with the offence caused the postal article to be posted is
prima facie evidence that he used the stamp affixed to the postal article for
postal purposes.