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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Post Office Act, 1898 Section 56

Penalty for fraudulently sending unpaid postal articles Whoever, being an officer of the Post Office, sends by post, or

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Post Office Act, 1898 Section 56 is part of Post Office Act, 1898 - Penalty for fraudulently sending unpaid postal articles Whoever, being an officer of the Post Office, sends by post, or. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

SECTION 56 : Penalty for fraudulently sending unpaid postal articles Whoever, being an officer of the Post Office, sends by post, or puts into any mail bag, any postal article upon which postage has not been paid or charged in the manner prescribed by this Act, intending thereby to defraud the Government of the postage on such postal article, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years, and shall also be punishable with fine.

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Section Section 56 of the Post Office Act, 1898 (Penalty for fraudulently sending unpaid postal articles Whoever, being an officer of the Post Office, sends by post, or) 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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