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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Telegraph Act, 1885 Rule 149

RULE 149 State Telegrams without Prepayment

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Telegraph Act, 1885 Rule 149 is part of Telegraph Act, 1885 - RULE 149 State Telegrams without Prepayment. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

Inland State telegrams may be accepted without prepayment at all Government Telegraph Offices, from any Government official, on the conditions that settlements of all charges due on such telegrams shall he made monthly, within a period or three weeks from the date of presentation of the bill in cash or by crossed cheques drawn in favour of the Incharge of the telegraph office at which the telegrams were booked, and that an additional fee for the maintenance of the account of charges due shall he paid at the rate of rupees five for every batch of twenty telegrams or part thereof despatched under credit account system. The accounts in respect of Inland State telegrams sent on behalf of the Meteorological Department shall be settled by the Deputy Accountant- General, Telegraph Check Office, Calcutta, in accordance with the current rules on the subject.

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Section Rule 149 of the Telegraph Act, 1885 (RULE 149 State Telegrams without Prepayment) is reproduced on this page as part of the Telegraph Act, 1885. 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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