### Post Office Ordinance 《郵政署條例》

32A. Offences relating to postage stamps
Any person who—
(a) fraudulently prints or impresses upon or affixes to any material any postage stamp;
(b) knowingly sells or offers or exposes for sale or utters or uses any postage stamp which has been fraudulently printed or impressed;
(c) fraudulently mutilates any postage stamp, with intent that any use may be made of any part of such postage stamp;
(d) fraudulently cuts, tears or in any way removes from any material any postage stamp, with intent that any use may be made of such postage stamp or any part thereof;
(e) fraudulently affixes to or places upon any material any postage stamp or part of a postage stamp which, whether fraudulently or not, has been cut, torn or in any way removed from any material or out of or from any other postage stamp;
(f) fraudulently adds to, erases or otherwise either really or apparently removes from any postage stamp any name, sum, date or other matter or thing whatsoever, with intent that any use may be made of such postage stamp;
(g) wilfully removes or attempts to remove from any postage stamp any cancelling marks thereon;
(h) knowingly sells or offers or exposes for sale or utters or uses any postage stamp from which cancelling marks have been wholly or partially removed;
(i) knowingly sells or offers or exposes for sale or utters any postage stamp which has been fraudulently removed from any material;
(j) knowingly, and without lawful excuse, has in his possession any postage stamp which has been fraudulently printed or impressed upon or affixed to any material, or any postage stamp which has been fraudulently mutilated, or any postage stamp or part of a postage stamp which has been fraudulently cut, torn or in any way removed from any material, or any postage stamp to or from which any name, sum, date or other matter or thing has been fraudulently added, erased or otherwise either really or apparently removed, or any postage stamp from which cancelling marks have been wholly or partially removed,
commits an offence. (Amended 46 of 1992 s. 5)
(Added 31 of 1981 s. 65)

### Post Office Ordinance 《郵政署條例》

32B. Power of magistrate in relation to stolen postage stamps
(1) If it appears to a magistrate upon the oath of any person that there is reason to believe that any postage stamps have been stolen or fraudulently obtained and are on any premises, the magistrate may issue a warrant authorizing a police officer to enter such premises and to search the same and any person found thereon and to seize and take away any such postage stamps found on such premises or such person, and to arrest any person found on such premises in whose possession or custody such postage stamps are found; and if any such person does not satisfactorily account to a magistrate for his possession or custody of such postage stamps or it appears to the magistrate that such postage stamps were not lawfully obtained by him such postage stamps shall be forfeited and delivered up to the Postmaster General.
(2) Where postage stamps are seized under a warrant issued under subsection (1), the police officer authorized by the warrant shall, if required, give to any person in whose possession or custody such postage stamps are found a written acknowledgement of the number, particulars and value of such postage stamps and permit such postage stamps to be marked before their removal.
(Added 31 of 1981 s. 65)

32C. Fraudulent practices relating to payment of postage
No person shall practise or be concerned in any fraudulent act, contrivance or device with intent to defraud the Government in respect of the payment of postage.
(Added 31 of 1981 s. 65)

32D. Bills for unordered goods and services
(1) No person shall post or tender for posting or send by post, any bill, invoice or statement of account due (or any document which could reasonably be considered to be or has the appearance of a bill, invoice or statement of account due) in respect of goods or services which have not been ordered or requested by the addressee, unless the following notice, or a notice to the like effect, in block letters and Chinese characters appears prominently and legibly on its face—“THIS IS NOT A DEMAND FOR PAYMENTTHERE IS NO OBLIGATION TO PAYTHIS IS NOT A BILL本郵件並非要求付款通知書收件人不須付款本郵件並非帳單”.
(2) The notice referred to in subsection (1) shall be in writing that is—
(a) bolder than any other writing on the page; and
(b) not smaller than the largest letter or character, as the case may be, of any other writing on the page.
(3) (Repealed 46 of 1992 s. 6)(Added 1 of 1987 s. 6)

### Post Office Ordinance 《郵政署條例》

33. Offences by officers of the Post Office
(1) No officer of the Post Office shall—
(a) wilfully deliver any mail bag or postal packet to any person other than the person to whom such mail bag or postal packet ought to be delivered;
(b) issue any money order with a fraudulent intent; [cf. 1908 c. 48 s. 58 U.K.]
(c) reissue a money order or postal order or postal note previously paid;
(d) wilfully pay any money order or postal order or postal note to any person other than the person to whom such money order or postal order or postal note should be paid;
(e) wilfully or negligently endanger the safety of any mail bag or postal packet;
(f) fraudulently put any wrong official mark on any mail bag or postal packet;
(g) fraudulently alter, remove or cause to disappear any official mark which is on any mail bag or postal packet;
(h) being entrusted with the delivery of any postal packet, knowingly demand or receive any sum of money in respect of the postage thereof which is not chargeable under this Ordinance;
(i) being entrusted with the preparing or keeping of any document, fraudulently prepare such document incorrectly or alter or secrete or destroy such document;
(j) send by post or put into any mail bag any postal packet upon which the postage has not been paid or charged in the prescribed manner, with intent thereby to defraud the Government of the postage payable on such packet;
(k) be guilty of any act or default or negligence by means of which the safety of any mail bag or postal packet is or might be endangered or by means of which the prompt handling of any mail bag or postal packet is or might be impeded;
(l) be absent from duty without leave and without lawful authority or excuse.
(2) Nothing in this section shall be construed as making or as tending to make any other section of this Ordinance inapplicable in the case of officers of the Post Office.

34. Obstruction
No person shall obstruct any officer of the Post Office in the execution of his duty.
[cf. 1908 c. 48 s. 67 U.K.]

35. Laying of property
In any prosecution under this Ordinance in respect of any mail bag or postal packet or anything which was contained in or formed part of any mail bag or postal packet, it shall be sufficient to allege such mail bag or postal packet or thing to be the property of the Postmaster General without mentioning his name.
[cf. 1908 c. 48 s. 73 U.K.]