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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Post Office Act, 1898 Section 69

Penalty for unlawfully diverting letters Whoever, not being an officer of the Post Office, wilfully and maliciously,

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Post Office Act, 1898 Section 69 is part of Post Office Act, 1898 - Penalty for unlawfully diverting letters Whoever, not being an officer of the Post Office, wilfully and maliciously,. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

SECTION 69 : Penalty for unlawfully diverting letters Whoever, not being an officer of the Post Office, wilfully and maliciously, with intent to injure any person, either opens or causes to be opened any letter which ought to have been delivered, or does any act whereby the due delivery of a letter to any person is prevented or impeded, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees,or with both : Provided that nothing in this section shall apply to a person who does any act to which the section applies, if he is a parent, or in the position of a parent or guardian, of the addressee, and the addressee is a minor or a ward.

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What does Post Office Act, 1898 Section 69 provide?

Section Section 69 of the Post Office Act, 1898 (Penalty for unlawfully diverting letters Whoever, not being an officer of the Post Office, wilfully and maliciously,) 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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