Larceny Act, 1916

Larceny of postal packets, &c.

12. Every person who—

(1) steals a mail bag; or

(2) steals from a mail bag, post office, officer of the Post Office, or mail, any postal packet in course of transmission by post; or

(3) steals any chattel, money or valuable security out of a postal packet in course of transmission by post; or

(4) stops a mail with intent to rob the mail;

shall be guilty of felony and on conviction thereof liable to penal servitude for life.