Section 12: Offence and Penalty

A person not authorised by or pursuant to this Act who-(a) sends or causes to be sent, or tenders or delivers in order to be sent, or conveys or performs any service incidental to conveying otherwise than by post, a letter not exempted from the exclusive privilege of the Postal Service; or
(b) makes a collection of those exempted letters, for the purpose of conveying or sending them either by post or otherwise,
commits an offence under this Act and is liable on conviction to a fine of N5,000 or imprisonment for a term of six months or to both such fine and imprisonment.