Post Office Act, 1908

Construction of reference to Post Office Acts.

91.(1) Any reference contained in any enactment, warrant, deed, or document referring to the Post Office Acts, or any of them, or to the Post Office laws, shall be construed, so far as the context permits, as a reference to this Act, and any fines, penalties, and other sums directed to be recovered under the Post Office Acts, or any of them, or the Post Office laws may be recovered in like manner as fines and forfeitures under this Act may be recovered; and any reference in any enactment to an indictable offence under the Post Office laws shall be construed, so far as the context permits, as a reference to any offence punishable on indictment under this Act, whether it is or is not also punishable on summary conviction.

(2) Where by reason of any Act being declared to be a Post Office Act or its provisions to be Post Office laws any enactment repealed by this Act is applied for any purpose, the corresponding provisions of this Act shall apply in like manner.

(3) A reference in any enactment other than this Act to a post letter shall be construed to refer to a postal packet within the meaning of this Act.