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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Post Office Act, 1898 Section 77

Saving [Repealed by the Repealing and Amending Act, 1952

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Post Office Act, 1898 Section 77 is part of Post Office Act, 1898 - Saving [Repealed by the Repealing and Amending Act, 1952. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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48 of 1952), S. 2 and Sch. I.] SCHEDULE 1 : INLAND POSTAGE RATES THE FIRST SCHEDULE (See ) Letters For a weight not exceeding twenty grams Rs.3.00 For every twenty grams, or fraction thereof, exceeding twenty grains. Rs.3.00 Letter-cards For a letter-card Rs.1.50 Post cards (not being post cards containing printed communication or competition post cards) Single 25 paise Reply 50 paise [Post cards containing printed communication (not being competition post cards)] For a post card Rs. 1.50 Explanation.- A post card shall be deemed to contain a printed communication, if any matter (ex- cept the name and address of, and other particulars relating to, the sender and the place and date of despatch) is recorded by printing or by cyclostyling or by any other mechanical process, not being typewriting, on any part of the post card except the right hand half of the address-side thereof. Competition post cards For a post cardRs. 3.00 Explanation.- A post card shall be deemed to be a competition post card if it is used'in response to any competition organised on or through television, radio, newspaper, magazine or any other media. Book pattern and sample packets For the first fifty grams or fraction thereof Re. 1.00 For every additional fifty grams, or fraction thereof, in excess of fifty grams Rs. 2.00 Registered newspapers For a weight not exceeding fifty grams 15 paise For a weight exceeding fifty grams but not exceeding one hundred grams 25 paise For every additional one hundred grams, or fraction thereof, exceeding one hundred grams 10 paise In the case of more than one copy of the same issue of a registered 25 paise newspaper being carried in the same packet- For a weight not exceeding one hundred grams 10 paise; For every additional one hundred grams, or fraction thereof, exceeding one hundred grams Provided that such packet shall not be delivered at any addressee's residence but shall be given to a recognised agent at the Post Office. Parcels For a weight not exceeding five hundred grams Rs. 10.00 For everv^we hundred grams, or fraction thereof, exceeding five hundred grams Rs. 10.00. Central Bare Acts

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Section Section 77 of the Post Office Act, 1898 (Saving [Repealed by the Repealing and Amending Act, 1952) 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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