Introduction
Section
CHAPTER I
PRELIMINARY
1. Short title, extent, application and commencement
2. Definitions
3. Meanings of “in course of transmission by post” and “delivery”
CHAPTER II
PRIVILEGE AND PROTECTION OF THE GOVERNMENT
4. Exclusive privilege of conveying letters reserved to the Government
5. Certain persons expressly forbidden to convey letters
6. Exemption from liability for loss, misdelivery, delay or damage
CHAPTER III
POSTAGE
7. Power to fix rates of inland p ostage
8. Power to make rules as to payment of postage and fees in certain cases
9. Power to make rules as to registered newspapers
10. Power to declare rates of foreign postage
11. Liability for payment of postage
12. Recovery of postage and other sums due in respect of postal articles
13. Customs duty paid by the Post Office to be recoverable as postage
14. Post Office marks prima facie evidence of certain facts denoted
15. Official mark to be evidence of amount of postage.
CHAPTER IV
POSTAGE STAMPS
16. Provision of postage stamps and power to make rules as to them
17. Postage stamps to be deemed to be stamps for the purpose of revenue
CHAPTER V
CONDITIONS OF TRANSMISSION OF POSTAL ARTICLES
18. redelivery to sender of postal article in course of transmission by post
19. Transmission by post of anything injurious prohibited
19ATransmission by post of tickets, proposals, etc. relating to unauthorized
lotteries prohibited.
20. Transmission by post of anything indecent, etc. prohibited
21. Power to make rules as to transmission by post of postal articles
22. Power to postpone dispatch or delivery of certain postal articles
23. Power to deal with postal articles posted in contravention of Act
24. Power to deal with postal articles containing goods contraband or liable
to duty
24A Power to deliver such articles to, Customs authority
25. Power to intercept notified goods during transmission by post
26. Power to intercept postal articles for public good
27. Power to deal with postal articles from abroad bearing fictitious or
previously used stamps
27A. Prohibition of transmission by post of certain newspapers
27B. Power to detain newspapers and other articles being transmitted by post
27C. Procedure for disposal by High Court of applications for release of
newspapers and articles so detained.
27D. Jurisdiction barred.
CHAPTER VI
REGISTRATION, INSURANCE AND VALUE-PAYABLE POST
28. registration of Postal articles
29: Power to make rules as to registration
30. Insurance of postal articles
31. Power to require insurance of postal articles
32. Power to make rules as to insurance
33. Liability in respect of postal articles insured
34. Transmission by post of value-payable postal articles
35. Power to make rules as to value-payable postal articles
36. Power to give effect to arrangements with other countries
CHAPTER VII
UNDELIVERED POSTAL ARTICLES
37. power to make rules as to disposal of undelivered postal articles
38. Disposal of undelivered postal articles at office of Post MasterGeneral.
39. Final disposal of undelivered postal articles.
CHAPTER VIII
SHIP LETTERS
40. Duty of master of ship, departing from any port in India and not being a
mail ship, to convey mail bags.
41. Duty of master of ship arriving at any port in India in respect of
postal articles and mail bags on board
42. Allowances of gratuities for conveyance of postal articles by ships
other than
mail ships.
CHAPTER IX
MONEY ORDERS
43. Power to maintain money order system and to make rules as to remittances thereby
44. Power for remitter to recall money order or alter name of payee
45. Power to provide for the issue of postal orders.
46. Power to give effect to arrangements with other countries
47. Recovery of money order paid to the wrong person
48. Exemption from liability in respect of money orders.
CHAPTER X
PENALTIES AND PROCEDURE
Offences by Officers of the Post Office
49. Penalty for misconduct of person employed to carry or deliver mail bags or postal articles.
50. Penalty for voluntary withdrawal from duty, without permission or
notice, of person employed to carry or delivery mail bags or postal articles.
51. Penalty for making false entry in register kept by person employed to carry
or deliver any postal articles
52. Penalty for theft, dishonest misappropriation, secretion, destruction,
or throwing away of postal articles
53. Penalty for opening, detaining or delaying postal articles
54. Penalty for fraud in connection with official marks and for receipt of
excess postage.
55. Penalty for fraudulently preparing, altering, secreting or destroying
Post Office documents.
56. Penalty for fraudulently sending unpaid postal articles
57. Punishment of offences committed in a tribal area, acceding State or
other Indian State.Other Offences
58. Penalty for contravention of section 4
59. Penalty for contravention of section 5
60. Penalty for breach of rules under section 16
61. Penalty for contravention of section 19, 19A or 20.
62. Penalty for defiling or injuring post office letter-boxes.
63. Penalty for affixing without authority thing to, or painting, tarring or disfiguring
post office or post office letter-boxes.
64. Penalty for making false declaration.
65. Penalty for master of ship failing to comply with the provisions of
section 40 or 41.
66. Penalty for detention of letters on board vessel arriving in port.
67. Penalty for detaining mails or opening mail bag.
68. Penalty for retaining postal articles wrongly delivered or mail bags.
69. Penalty for unlawfully diverting letters.
General
70. Penalty for abetting or attempting to commit, offences under act.
71. Property in cases of offences to be laid in the Post Office.
72. Authority for prosecutions under certain sections of Act.
CHAPTER XI
SUPPLEMENTAL
73. Zamindari and other district posts.
74. General power to make rules and provisions as to rules under Act.
75. Delegation of powers, other than rule-making powers to Director General.
76. [Repealed]
77. Saving
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CHAPTER I
PRELIMINARY
1. Short title, extent, application and commencement
2. Definitions
3. Meanings of “in course of transmission by post” and “delivery”
CHAPTER II
PRIVILEGE AND PROTECTION OF THE GOVERNMENT
4. Exclusive privilege of conveying letters reserved to the Government
5. Certain persons expressly forbidden to convey letters
6. Exemption from liability for loss, misdelivery, delay or damage
CHAPTER III
POSTAGE
7. Power to fix rates of inland p ostage
8. Power to make rules as to payment of postage and fees in certain cases
9. Power to make rules as to registered newspapers
10. Power to declare rates of foreign postage
11. Liability for payment of postage
12. Recovery of postage and other sums due in respect of postal articles
13. Customs duty paid by the Post Office to be recoverable as postage
14. Post Office marks prima facie evidence of certain facts denoted
15. Official mark to be evidence of amount of postage.
CHAPTER IV
POSTAGE STAMPS
16. Provision of postage stamps and power to make rules as to them
17. Postage stamps to be deemed to be stamps for the purpose of revenue
CHAPTER V
CONDITIONS OF TRANSMISSION OF POSTAL ARTICLES
18. redelivery to sender of postal article in course of transmission by post
19. Transmission by post of anything injurious prohibited
19ATransmission by post of tickets, proposals, etc. relating to unauthorized
lotteries prohibited.
20. Transmission by post of anything indecent, etc. prohibited
21. Power to make rules as to transmission by post of postal articles
22. Power to postpone dispatch or delivery of certain postal articles
23. Power to deal with postal articles posted in contravention of Act
24. Power to deal with postal articles containing goods contraband or liable
to duty
24A Power to deliver such articles to, Customs authority
25. Power to intercept notified goods during transmission by post
26. Power to intercept postal articles for public good
27. Power to deal with postal articles from abroad bearing fictitious or
previously used stamps
27A. Prohibition of transmission by post of certain newspapers
27B. Power to detain newspapers and other articles being transmitted by post
27C. Procedure for disposal by High Court of applications for release of
newspapers and articles so detained.
27D. Jurisdiction barred.
CHAPTER VI
REGISTRATION, INSURANCE AND VALUE-PAYABLE POST
28. registration of Postal articles
29: Power to make rules as to registration
30. Insurance of postal articles
31. Power to require insurance of postal articles
32. Power to make rules as to insurance
33. Liability in respect of postal articles insured
34. Transmission by post of value-payable postal articles
35. Power to make rules as to value-payable postal articles
36. Power to give effect to arrangements with other countries
CHAPTER VII
UNDELIVERED POSTAL ARTICLES
37. power to make rules as to disposal of undelivered postal articles
38. Disposal of undelivered postal articles at office of Post MasterGeneral.
39. Final disposal of undelivered postal articles.
CHAPTER VIII
SHIP LETTERS
40. Duty of master of ship, departing from any port in India and not being a
mail ship, to convey mail bags.
41. Duty of master of ship arriving at any port in India in respect of
postal articles and mail bags on board
42. Allowances of gratuities for conveyance of postal articles by ships
other than
mail ships.
CHAPTER IX
MONEY ORDERS
43. Power to maintain money order system and to make rules as to remittances thereby
44. Power for remitter to recall money order or alter name of payee
45. Power to provide for the issue of postal orders.
46. Power to give effect to arrangements with other countries
47. Recovery of money order paid to the wrong person
48. Exemption from liability in respect of money orders.
CHAPTER X
PENALTIES AND PROCEDURE
Offences by Officers of the Post Office
49. Penalty for misconduct of person employed to carry or deliver mail bags or postal articles.
50. Penalty for voluntary withdrawal from duty, without permission or
notice, of person employed to carry or delivery mail bags or postal articles.
51. Penalty for making false entry in register kept by person employed to carry
or deliver any postal articles
52. Penalty for theft, dishonest misappropriation, secretion, destruction,
or throwing away of postal articles
53. Penalty for opening, detaining or delaying postal articles
54. Penalty for fraud in connection with official marks and for receipt of
excess postage.
55. Penalty for fraudulently preparing, altering, secreting or destroying
Post Office documents.
56. Penalty for fraudulently sending unpaid postal articles
57. Punishment of offences committed in a tribal area, acceding State or
other Indian State.Other Offences
58. Penalty for contravention of section 4
59. Penalty for contravention of section 5
60. Penalty for breach of rules under section 16
61. Penalty for contravention of section 19, 19A or 20.
62. Penalty for defiling or injuring post office letter-boxes.
63. Penalty for affixing without authority thing to, or painting, tarring or disfiguring
post office or post office letter-boxes.
64. Penalty for making false declaration.
65. Penalty for master of ship failing to comply with the provisions of
section 40 or 41.
66. Penalty for detention of letters on board vessel arriving in port.
67. Penalty for detaining mails or opening mail bag.
68. Penalty for retaining postal articles wrongly delivered or mail bags.
69. Penalty for unlawfully diverting letters.
General
70. Penalty for abetting or attempting to commit, offences under act.
71. Property in cases of offences to be laid in the Post Office.
72. Authority for prosecutions under certain sections of Act.
CHAPTER XI
SUPPLEMENTAL
73. Zamindari and other district posts.
74. General power to make rules and provisions as to rules under Act.
75. Delegation of powers, other than rule-making powers to Director General.
76. [Repealed]
77. Saving
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