127.Section 84(1) provides for it to be an offence if persons intentionally delay or open postal packets without reasonable excuse. It amalgamates the content of offences previously included in the Post Office Act 1953.
128.Subsection (3) makes it an offence for a person, intending to act to a person’s detriment and without reasonable excuse, to open a postal packet which he knows or suspects has been incorrectly delivered to him.
129.Subsections (2) and (4) specify a number of cases that are not to be regarded as offences under the section.
Commentary on Sections Part V Offences in Relation to Postal Services Section 84: Interfering with the mail: general