Section 61:
Penalty for contravention of section 19, 19A or 20.
(1) Whoever, in contravention of the
provisions of section 19 1[or section 19A] or section 20, sends or tenders or makes over in order to be sent
by post any postal article or anything, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may
extend to one year, or with fine, or with both.
(2) The detention in the Post Office of any postal article on the ground of its having been sent in
contravention of the provisions of section 19 1[or section 19A] or section 20, shall not exempt the sender
from any proceedings which might have been taken if the postal article had been delivered in due course
of post.
Notes:
1. Ins. by Act 7 of 1958, s. 4.