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(1)A person shall not, without authority from the Postmaster-General, place or maintain in or on any house, wall, door, window, box, post, pillar, or other place, belonging to him or under his control, any of the words, letters, or marks following (that is to say)—
(a)the words “post office ” or “postal telegraph office” ; or
(b)the words “letter box,” accompanied with words, letters, or marks, which signify or imply or may reasonably lead the public to believe that it is a post office letter box; or
(c)any words, letters, or marks which signify or imply or may reasonably lead the public to believe that any house or place is a post office, or that any box is a post office letter box;
and every person, when required by a notice given by the Postmaster-General to remove or efface any such words, letters, or marks as aforesaid, or to remove or effectually close up any letter box belonging to him or under his control which has been a post office letter box, shall comply with the request.
(2)If any person acts in contravention of this section, he shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding-forty shillings, and, if the offence is continued after a previous conviction, to a fine not exceeding five shillings for every day during which the offence so continues.
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