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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Post Office Act, 1898 Section 11

Liability for payment of postage

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Post Office Act, 1898 Section 11 is part of Post Office Act, 1898 - Liability for payment of postage. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

1 ) The addressee of a postal article on which postage or any other sum chargeable under this Act is due shall be bound to pay the postage or sum so changeable on his accepting delivery of the postal article, unless he forthwith returns it unopened : Provided that, if any such postal article appears to the satisfaction of the Post-Master-General' to have been maliciously sent for the purpose of annoying the addressee, he may remit the postage. (2) If any postal article on which postage or any other sum chargeable under this Act is due, is refused or returned as aforesaid, or if the addressee is dead or cannot be found, then the sender shall be bound to pay the postage or sum due thereon under this Act

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Section Section 11 of the Post Office Act, 1898 (Liability for payment of postage) is reproduced on this page as part of the Post Office Act, 1898. 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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