Section 24: Detention of postal article with fictitious stamp

(1) The Postmaster-General may detain and withhold from delivery, any postal article being or containing any fictitious postal stamp or bearing any postage stamp the surface of which is smeared or coated with mucilage or any other substance or purporting to be prepaid with any postage stamp. which has been previously used to prepay the postage in any other postal article or for the payment of any revenue, duty or tax.
(2) A postal article detained under this section shall be dealt with as the Postmaster-General may direct, but shall not be delivered to the addressee until such addressee shall have given such information with regard to the name and address of the sender, and such other particulars as the Postmaster-General shall require.