Criminal Code Act

Section 162

Any person who unlawfully secretes or destroys any postal matter or telegram or any part of any such thing, is guilty of a felony, and is liable to imprisonment for seven years, and if any such postal matter so secreted or destroyed shall contain any money or chattel whatsoever, or any valuable security, such person is liable to imprisonment for life.

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