Section 28: Offence

A master of a vessel who unlawfully-(a) opens or suffers to be opened a sealed mail bag with which he is entrusted for conveyance; or
(b) takes out or suffers to be taken out of a mail bag with which he is entrusted for conveyance of any postal article,
commits an offence under this Act and on conviction is liable to imprisonment for a term of twenty-one years.