Larceny Act, 1990

Amendment of Post Office Act, 1908.

10.—The Post Office Act, 1908 , is hereby amended by—

(a) the substitution, in section 51, of “and be liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 10 years or to a fine or to both” for “and on conviction shall be liable, at the discretion of the court, to penal servitude for any term not exceeding fourteen years or not less than three years, or to imprisonment, with or without hard labour, for any term not exceeding two years”;

(b) the substitution, in section 53, of “he shall be guilty of an offence, and be liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to a fine or to both” for “he shall be guilty of a misdemeanour, and be liable on conviction on indictment to a fine and to imprisonment with or without hard labour”;

and

(c) the substitution of the following section for section 55:

Secreting or destroying by officer of An Post of postal packet.

55. If any officer of An Post for any purpose whatsoever secretes or destroys a postal packet in course of transmission by post, he shall be guilty of felony, and shall be liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 10 years or to a fine or to both.”.