Ghana Postal Services Corporation Act, 1995 (Act 505)
Section 36
(1) Any person who, with intent to defraud
(1) Any person who, with intent to defraud
(a) removes from a postal article any postage stamp affixed to that postal article;
(b) removes from a used stamp a mark made on that stamp at a post office.
(c) knowingly uses a postage stamp which has been obliterated or defaced by a mark made on the postage stamp as having been previously used to prepay any postal article for the payment of any revenue, duty or tax; or
(d) tampers with a franking machine or knowingly superscribes a postal article with a franking machine which has been so tampered with,
commits an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of not less than ¢200,000 or more than ¢1 million or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to both.
(2) Where a person has been charged with knowingly using a postage stamp which has been obliterated or defaced by a mark made on the postage stamp as having been previously used to prepay any postal article for the payment of any revenue, duty or tax, proof that he is the sender of the postal article on which the stamp is affixed shall be prima facie evidence that he is the person who used the stamp.
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Responsible Institution
- Email: info@ghanapost.com.gh
- Website: https://ghanapost.com.gh/
- GPS: GA-183-8164
- Telephone: 0302668138
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