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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Post Office Act, 1898 Section 58

Penalty for contravention of section 4

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Post Office Act, 1898 Section 58 is part of Post Office Act, 1898 - Penalty for contravention of section 4. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

1) Whoever-

(a) conveys otherwise than by post, a letter within the exclusive privilege conferred on the 3 (a) [a] Substituted for the words 'Governor-General in Council' by A.O., 1937. [Central Government] by (section 4) , or (b) performs any service incidental to conveying, otherwise than by post, any letter within the exclusive privilege aforesaid, or (c) sends, or tenders or delivers in order to be sent, otherwise than by post, a letter within the exclusive privilege aforesaid, or (d) makes a collection of letters excepted from the exclusive privilege aforesaid for the purpose of sending them otherwise than by post, shall be punishable with fine which may extend to fifty rupees for every such letter.

(2) Whoever, having already been convicted of an offence under this-section, is again convicted thereunder, shall, on every such subsequent conviction, be punishable with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees.

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What does Post Office Act, 1898 Section 58 provide?

Section Section 58 of the Post Office Act, 1898 (Penalty for contravention of section 4) 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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