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Post Office Act 1908

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73 Provisions as to form of proceedings

(1) In any indictment or legal proceeding for any offence committed or attempted to be committed, or any malicious, injurious, or fraudulent act or thing done in, upon, or with respect to, the Post Office or the Post Office revenue, or any mail bag, postal packet, money order, or any chattel, money, or valuable security, sent by post, or in anywise concerning any property under the management or control of the Postmaster-General, it shall be sufficient to allege the property to belong to His Majesty's Postmaster-General, and to allege any such act or thing to have been done with intent to injure or defraud His Majesty's Postmaster-General, without in either case naming the person who is Postmaster-General, and it shall not be necessary to allege or to prove upon the trial or otherwise that the mail bag, postal packet, money order, chattel, money, security, or property was of any value. (2) In any indictment or legal proceeding against any officer of the Post Office for any offence committed against this Act, it shall be sufficient to allege that the alleged offender was an officer of the Post Office at the time of the committing of the offence, without stating further the nature or particulars of his employment.

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73 Provisions as to form of proceedings

(1) In any indictment or legal proceeding for any offence committed or attempted to be committed, or any malicious, injurious, or fraudulent act or thing done in, upon, or with respect to, the Post Office or the Post Office revenue, or any mail bag, postal packet, money order, or any chattel, money, or valuable security, sent by post, or in anywise concerning any property under the management or control of the Postmaster-General, it shall be sufficient to allege the property to belong to His Majesty's Postmaster-General, and to allege any such act or thing to have been done with intent to injure or defraud His Majesty's Postmaster-General, without in either case naming the person who is Postmaster-General, and it shall not be necessary to allege or to prove upon the trial or otherwise that the mail bag, postal packet, money order, chattel, money, security, or property was of any value. (2) In any indictment or legal proceeding against any officer of the Post Office for any offence committed against this Act, it shall be sufficient to allege that the alleged offender was an officer of the Post Office at the time of the committing of the offence, without stating further the nature or particulars of his employment.

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