Postal Services Act 2000
2000 CHAPTER 26
Commentary on Sections
Part VII Miscellaneous and Supplementary
Section 104: Inviolability of mails
155.Section 104(1) and (2) provide for mail-bags, packets in the post and their contents, which are not the property of the Crown, to be given the same immunity from examination, seizure or detention, as if they were the property of the Crown.
156.Subsection (3) provides for exceptions to the above immunities where the Commission is investigating an offence of delivery of letters without a licence or where Customs and Excise is to exercise its powers.
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