Crimes Act 1914

S 85K repealed by No 137 of 2000, s 3 and Sch 2 item 155, effective 24 May 2001. For transitional provisions see note under s 85J. S 85K formerly read:

Stealing articles in the course of post etc.

(1)
A person shall not:

(a) fraudulently take a mail-bag, or an article in the course of post, from the possession of an employee of Australia Post;

(b) fraudulently take a mail-bag, or an article in the course of post, from any place appointed by Australia Post for the receipt or delivery of mail-bags or such an article; or

(c) steal, or fraudulently conceal, misappropriate or destroy, a mail-bag or an article in the course of post (including an article that appears to have been lost or wrongly delivered by Australia Post or lost in the course of delivery to Australia Post).

(2)
A person shall not receive a mail-bag or an article in the course of post, or any part of a mail-bag or such an article, knowing that it had been stolen or fraudulently taken, concealed or misappropriated.

Penalty: Imprisonment for 5 years.