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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Post Office Act, 1898 Section 5

Certain persons expressly forbidden to convey letters Wherever within 3

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Post Office Act, 1898 Section 5 is part of Post Office Act, 1898 - Certain persons expressly forbidden to convey letters Wherever within 3. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

a) [a] Substituted for the words 'the States' by the Finance Act, 1950 (25 of 1950), section 11 and Schedule IV ( 1 -4-1950). [India] posts or postal communications are established by the 3 (b) [b] Substituted for the words 'Governor-General in Council' by A.0., 1937. [Central Government], the following persons are expressly forbidden to collect, carry, tender or deliver letters, or to receive letters for the purpose of carrying or delivering them, although they obtain no hire, reward or other profit or advantage for so doing, that is to say,-

(a) common carriers of passengers or goods, and their servants or agents, except as regards letters solely concerning goods in their carts or carriages; and (b) owners and matters of vessels sailing or passing on any river or canal in 3 (a) [a] Substituted for the words 'the States' by the Finance Act, 1950 (25 of 1950), section 11 and Schedule IV ( 1 -4-1950). [India], or between any ports or places in 3 (a) [a] Substituted for the words 'the States' by the Finance Act, 1950 (25 of 1950), section 11 and Schedule IV ( 1 -4-1950). [India], and their servants or agents, except as regards letters solely concerning goods on board and except as regards postal articles received for conveyance under Chapter VIII.

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