Post Office (Protection) Act, 1884

Affixing placards, notices, &c. on post office or letter box, &c.

41 & 42 Vict. c. 26. s. 9.

5.(1.) A person shall not, without due authority, affix or attempt to affix any placard, advertisement, notice, list, document, board, or thing on, or paint or tar any post office, post office letter box, telegraph post, or other property belonging to or used by or on behalf of the Postmaster General, and shall not in any way disfigure any such office, box, post, or property; and, notwithstanding anything in section nine of the Parliamentary and Municipal Registration Act, 1878, a notice or list referred to in that section shall not be affixed in or on any post office or any such property without authority from the Postmaster General; and where the Postmaster General is of opinion that any such notice or list cannot be so affixed without obstruction or inconvenience to the business of the post office, he may refuse such authority.

(2.) A person who acts in contravention of this section shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding forty shillings.