(b) uses, issues, offers, exposes for sale, sells, deals in, sends by post or otherwise disposes of or has in his custody or possession any article knowing it to have been made, altered or reproduced in contravention of paragraph (a); or (c) engraves or in any other way reproduces upon any plate or material whatever any stamp, mark, figure or device in imitation of or resembling any stamp, mark, figure or device used or made or by any postal licensee; or (d) sells or otherwise disposes of, purchases, receives or has in his custody or possession any plate or material whatever that has been engraved or upon which any reproduction has been made in contravention of paragraph (c); or (e) makes or has in his custody or possession any mould, frame or other instrument capable of being used to make a postage stamp; or (f) sells or otherwise disposes of, or has in his custody or possession any paper provided or made for the purpose of being used for postage stamps or for any other purposes by any postal licensee before such paper has been issued for public use; or (g) makes use of any stamp, die or plate engraved or made or paper made by any postal licensee; or (h) sells or otherwise disposes of, purchases, receives or has in his custody or possession any paper or material whatever bearing any impression or mark of any such stamp, die or plate as is referred to in paragraph (g) or paper engraved or made by any postal licensee; or (i) makes on any envelope, wrapper, card, form or paper any mark in imitation of or similar to or purporting to be any stamp or mark used by any postal licensee; or (j) writes or reproduces in any other manner whatsoever upon any article any word, letter, device or mark that signifies or implies or is likely to signify or imply that such article has been or is entitled to be sent through the post; shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding level eleven or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding seven years or to both such fine and such imprisonment. [Section amended by section 4 of Act 22 of 2001] 81 Offences in relation to postage stamps and post marks (1) Any person who (a) with intent to defraud (i) removes any postage stamp from any article sent by post or any telegram or from any document used by any postal licensee; or (ii) removes from any postage stamp that has previously been used any mark or impression that has been made thereon at any post office by any postal licensee; or (iii) uses, utters or puts off any postage stamp that has previously been used; or (iv) erases, cuts, scrapes, defaces, obliterates, adds to or alters any mark or impression upon any postal article, money order, postal order or other warrant, order, paper or material whatsoever provided, used or made by any postal licensee; or (v) sends or causes to be sent by post any article that falsely purports to be exempt from postage in terms of this Act; or (b) sells any postage stamp from which any mark or impression put thereon at any post office by a postal licensee has been removed; shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding level six or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding one year or to both such fine and such imprisonment. [Subsection amended by section 4 of Act 22 of 2001] (2) For the purposes of subsection (1), the sender of a postal article to which a postage stamp is affixed shall be deemed, unless the contrary is proved, to have affixed that postage stamp to that postal article. 82 Offences in relation to mails or postal articles (1) Any person authorised to receive or in any way handle any mail or postal article who (a) wilfully detains, delays, misdelivers or omits to dispatch any mail or postal article; or (b) unlawfully communicates or divulges the contents of any postal article; or (c) while in charge of any mail or postal article (i) permits any unauthorised person to have access to such mail or postal article; or (ii) wilfully delays the arrival of such mail or postal article at its proper destination; or (d) through negligence or misconduct, endangers the safety of any mail or postal article; or (e) gives false information of an assault upon him or of theft or attempted theft from him at a time when he was in charge of mail or a postal article; or (f) without due authority, collects, receives, removes, intercepts or delivers any postal article otherwise than in the ordinary course of his duties; or 30