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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Post Office Act, 1898 Section 54

Penalty for fraud in connection with official marks and for receipt of excess postage Whoever, being an officer of the

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Post Office Act, 1898 Section 54 is part of Post Office Act, 1898 - Penalty for fraud in connection with official marks and for receipt of excess postage Whoever, being an officer of the. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

a) fraudulently puts any wrong official mark on a postal article, or (b) fradulently alters, removes or causes to disappear any official mark which is on a postal article, or (c) being entrusted with the delivery of any postal article, knowingly demands or receives any sum of money in respect of the postage thereof which is not chargeable under this Act.

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Section Section 54 of the Post Office Act, 1898 (Penalty for fraud in connection with official marks and for receipt of excess postage Whoever, being an officer of the) 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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