Section 183: Contravening exclusive privilege of the Nigerian Postal Services

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Any person who‐
(a) not being authorised by or under any Act so to do, establishes or maintains any
telegraph; or
(b) knowing or having reason to believe that a telegraph has been established or is
maintained without such authority as aforesaid, transmits or receives any message by
such telegraph or performs any service incidental thereto, or delivery of any message
for transmission by such telegraph or accepts delivery of any message sent thereby,
is guilty of a simple offence and is liable on a first conviction to a fine of twenty naira,
and on every subsequent conviction to a fine of one hundred naira.