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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Post Office Act, 1898 Section 3

Meanings of "in course of transmission by post" and "delivery" For the purposes of this Act,

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Post Office Act, 1898 Section 3 is part of Post Office Act, 1898 - Meanings of "in course of transmission by post" and "delivery" For the purposes of this Act,. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

a) a postal article shall be deemed to be in course of transmission by post from the time of its being delivered to a post office to the time of its being delivered to the addressee or of its being returned to the sender or otherwise disposed of under Chapter VII;

(b) the delivery of a postal article of any description to a postman or other person authorised to receive postal articles of that description for the post shall be deemed to be a delivery to a post office; and (c) the delivery of a postal article at the house or office of the addressee, or to the addressee or his servant or agent or other person considered to be authorized to receive the article according to the usual manner of delivering postal articles to the addressee, shall be deemed to be delivery to the addressee

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What does Post Office Act, 1898 Section 3 provide?

Section Section 3 of the Post Office Act, 1898 (Meanings of "in course of transmission by post" and "delivery" For the purposes of this Act,) 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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