Larceny Act, 1916

Embezzlement by officer of the Post Office.

18. Every person who, being an officer of the Post Office, steals or embezzles a postal packet in course of transmission by post shall be guilty of felony and on conviction thereof liable—

(a) if the postal packet contains any chattel, money or valuable security, to penal servitude for life:

(b) in all other cases to penal servitude for any term not exceeding seven years.