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CRIMES ACT 1914

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CRIMES ACT 1914 SECT 85S

85S Improper use of postal services
(1)
A person must not intentionally use a postal or carriage service supplied by Australia Post:
(a)
with the result that another person is menaced or harassed; or
(b)
in such a way as would be regarded by reasonable persons as being, in all the circumstances, offensive.

Penalty: Imprisonment for 1 year.

(1A)
For the purposes of an offence against paragraph (1)(a) or (b), absolute liability applies to the physical element of circumstance of the offence, that the postal or carriage service is supplied by Australia Post.
Note: For absolute liability , see section 6.2 of the Criminal Code .
(2)
In subsection (1):
carriage service has the same meaning as in the Telecommunications Act 1997 .

 

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