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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Indian Post Office Act, 1898 Section 67

Penalty for Detaining Mails or Opening Mail Bag

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Indian Post Office Act, 1898 Section 67 is part of Indian Post Office Act, 1898 - Penalty for Detaining Mails or Opening Mail Bag. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

Whoever, except under the authority of this Act1[or of any other Act for the time being in force] or in obedience to the order in writing of the Central Government or the direction of a competent Court, detains the mails or any postal article in course of transmission by post, or on any pretence opens, a mail bag in course of transmission by post, shall be punishable with fine which may extend to two hundred rupees:

Provided that nothing in this section shall prevent the detention of an officer of the Post Office carrying the mails or any postal article in course of transmission by post, on a charge of having committed an offence declared to be cognizable by the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 (5 of 1898), or any other taw for the time being in force.

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1. Inserted by Act 15 of 1921, section. 4.

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What does Indian Post Office Act, 1898 Section 67 provide?

Section Section 67 of the Indian Post Office Act, 1898 (Penalty for Detaining Mails or Opening Mail Bag) is reproduced on this page as part of the Indian 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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