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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Finance Act, 1982 Section 54

Amendment of Act 6 of 1898

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Finance Act, 1982 Section 54 is part of Finance Act, 1982 - Amendment of Act 6 of 1898. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

In the First Schedule to the Indian Post Office, Act, 1898, -

(a) for the sub-headings "Letters" and "Letter-cards" and the entries under those sub-headings, the following shall be substituted, namely :-

"Letters

For a weight not exceeding ten grams

50 paise.

For every ten grams or fraction

thereof, exceeding ten grams

20 paise,

Letter-cards

For a letter-card

35 paise."

(b) for the sub-headings "Post cards containing printed communication", "Book, Pattern and Sample packets" and "Registered Newspapers" and the entries under those sub-headings, the following shall be substituted, namely :-

"Post cards containing printed communication

For a post card 25 paise.

Explanation : A post card shall be deemed to contain a printed communication, if any matter (except the name and address of, and other particulars relating to, the sender and the place and date of despatch) is recorded by printing or by cyclostyling or by any other mechanical process, not being typewriting, on any part of the post card except the righthand half of the address-side thereof.

Book, Pattern and Sample packets

For the first fifty grams or fraction

Thereof

30 paise.

For every additional twenty-five grams

or fraction thereof, in excess of fifty

grams

15 paise.

Registered Newspapers

For a weight not exceeding fifty grams

5 paise.

For a weight exceeding fifty grams but

not exceeding one hundred grams

15 paise.

For every additional one hundred grams

or fraction thereof, exceeding one

hundred grams

10 paise.

In the case of more than one copy of the

same issue of a registered newspaper

being carried in the same packet -

for a weight not exceeding one hundred

grams

15 paise;

for every additional one hundred grams

or fraction thereof, in excess of one

hundred grams

10 paise :

Provided that such packet shall not be delivered at any addressee's residence but shall be given to a recognised agent at the Post Office.".

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What does Finance Act, 1982 Section 54 provide?

Section Section 54 of the Finance Act, 1982 (Amendment of Act 6 of 1898) is reproduced on this page as part of the Finance Act, 1982. Lawyers and researchers use it to read the statutory wording before checking how courts have applied this section in reported judgments.

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