60 Prohibition of placing injurious substances in or against post office letter boxes or telephone kiosks.F3U.K.
(1)A person shall not place or attempt to place in or against any post office letter box . . . F1any fire, match, light, explosive substance, dangerous substance, filth, noxious or deleterious substance, or fluid, and shall not commit a nuisance in or against any post office letter box . . . F1, and shall not do or attempt to do anything likely to injure the box, . . . F1or its appurtenances or contents.
(2)If any person acts in contravention of this section, he shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding [F2£100] or on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding twelve months.
Textual Amendments
F1Words repealed by British Telecommunications Act 1981 (c. 38, SIF 96), Sch. 6 Pt. II
F2Words substituted by Criminal Justice Act 1967 (c. 80), s. 92, Sch. 3 Pt. I
Textual Amendments applied to the whole legislation
F3Act repealed (1.1.2001 for ss. 29, 44, 45, and 26.3.2001 otherwise) by 2000 c. 26, ss. 127(6), 130(1), Sch. 9 Note; S.I. 2000/2957, art. 2(2), Sch. 2 Table; S.I. 2001/878, art. 2, Sch. Table (subject to transitional and saving provisions in arts. 3-17); S.I. 2001/1148, art. 2(2), Sch. Table (subject to arts. 3-42)