Section 27Part 0 —
Special provisions as to evidence
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For the purposes of section 25 —
every postal package and the contents of every postal package are deemed to be articles of value and to be the property of the Postmaster General;
a statement in any indictment or charge that an accused person was an officer at the time of the offence alleged is conclusive evidence that such person was an officer; and
in any proceedings against a master of a vessel, the court has the same power to issue a commission or commissions for taking evidence outside the jurisdiction as it has in civil cases and on such commission being returned and read in evidence it is, subject to all just exceptions, allowable in evidence if, at the time it is so allowed, the relevant addressee or witness is dead or out of the jurisdiction of the court.