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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Post Office Act, 1898 Section 68

Penalty for retaining postal articles wrongly delivered or mail bags Whoever fraudulently retains, or wilfully secretes

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Post Office Act, 1898 Section 68 is part of Post Office Act, 1898 - Penalty for retaining postal articles wrongly delivered or mail bags Whoever fraudulently retains, or wilfully secretes. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

SECTION 68 : Penalty for retaining postal articles wrongly delivered or mail bags Whoever fraudulently retains, or wilfully secretes or makes away with, or keeps or detains, or when required by an officer of the Post Office, neglects or refuses to deliver up, any postal article in course of transmission by post which ought to have been delivered to any other person, or a mail bag containing a 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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What does Post Office Act, 1898 Section 68 provide?

Section Section 68 of the Post Office Act, 1898 (Penalty for retaining postal articles wrongly delivered or mail bags Whoever fraudulently retains, or wilfully secretes) 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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