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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Post Office Act, 1898 Section 71

Property in cases of offences to be laid in the Post Office In every prosecution for an offence in respect of a mail

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Post Office Act, 1898 Section 71 is part of Post Office Act, 1898 - Property in cases of offences to be laid in the Post Office In every prosecution for an offence in respect of a mail. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

SECTION 71 : Property in cases of offences to be laid in the Post Office In every prosecution for an offence in respect of a mail bag or of any postal article sent by post, it shall be sufficient, for the purpose of the charge, to describe the mail bag or postal article as being the property of the Post Office, and it shall not be necessary to prove that the mail bag or postal article was of any value.

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What does Post Office Act, 1898 Section 71 provide?

Section Section 71 of the Post Office Act, 1898 (Property in cases of offences to be laid in the Post Office In every prosecution for an offence in respect of a mail) 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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