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The Punjab Dramatic Performances Act, 1964 Complete Act

State: Haryana

Year: 1964

.....from the making thereof : Provided that the District Magistrate may, if he is of opinion that the order should continue in force, by such further order or orders as he may deem fit, extend the period afore said by a further period or periods not ex ceeding two months at a time as may be spe cified in such order or orders. 5. Service of order of prohibition. A copy of the order made under section 3 or section 4 may be served personally or in such other manner as may be prescribed by rules made under section 13, on the organizers or other principal per sons responsible for the conduct of, or any person about to take part in, the performance so prohibited or on the owner or occupier of the public place in which such performance is intended to take place. 6. Penalty for disobeying order. Any person on whom a copy of the order referred to in section 3 or section 4 is served and who does, or willingly permits, any act in disobedience of such order, shall, on conviction, be punishable with impri sonment for a term which may extend to three months, or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees, or with both. 7. Penalty for disobeying prohibition. (1) Any person who!.....

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The Prevention of Black Marketing & Maintenance of Supplies of Essential Commodities Act, 1980 Complete Act

State: Meghalaya

Year: 1980

.....by the said sub-section. (3) When any order is made under this section by an officer mentioned in sub-section (2), he shall forthwith report the fact to the State Government to which he is subordinate together with the grounds on which the order has been made and such other particulars as in his opinion have a bearing on the matter, and, no such order shall remain in force for more than twelve days after the making thereof unless in the meantime it has been approved by the State Government: Provided that where under Section 8 the grounds of detention are communicated by the authority making the order after five days but not later than ten days from the date of detention, this sub-section shall apply subject to the modification that for the words "twelve days", the words "fifteen days" shall be substituted. (4) When any order is made or approved by the State Government under this section or when any order is made under this section by an officer of the State Government not below the rank of Secretary to that Government specially empowered under sub-section (1), the State Government shall, within seven days report the fact to the Central Government together with the grounds.....

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Indian Post Office Act, 1898 Section 42

Title: Allowance of Gratuities for Conveyance of Postal Articles by Ships Other Than Mail Ships

State: Central

Year: 1898

The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, declare what gratuities shall be allowed to masters of ships, not being mail ships, in respect of postal articles received by them for conveyance on behalf of the Post Office; and the master of a ship, not being a mail ship, about to leave any port in '[India] as aforesaid shall, if he receives on board a mail bag for conveyance, be entitled to demand and obtain immediately the amount of the gratuity payable under this section in respect of the mail bag and its contents.

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Indian Post Office Act, 1898 Section 49

Title: Penalty for Misconduct of Person Employed to Carry or Deliver Mail Bags or Postal Articles

State: Central

Year: 1898

Whoever, being employed to carry or deliver any mail bag or any postal article in course of transmission by post,-- (a) is in a state of intoxication while so employed, or (b) is guilty of carelessness or other misconduct, whereby the safety of any such mail bag or postal article as aforesaid is endangered, or (c) loiters or makes delay in the conveyance or delivery of any such mail bag or postal article as aforesaid, or (d) does not use due care and diligence safely to convey or deliver any such mail bag or postal article as aforesaid, shall be punishable with fine which may extend to fifty rupees.

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Indian Post Office Act, 1898 Section 67

Title: Penalty for Detaining Mails or Opening Mail Bag

State: Central

Year: 1898

Whoever, except under the authority of this Act1[or of any other Act for the time being in force] or in obedience to the order in writing of the Central Government or the direction of a competent Court, detains the mails or any postal article in course of transmission by post, or on any pretence opens, a mail bag in course of transmission by post, shall be punishable with fine which may extend to two hundred rupees: Provided that nothing in this section shall prevent the detention of an officer of the Post Office carrying the mails or any postal article in course of transmission by post, on a charge of having committed an offence declared to be cognizable by the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 (5 of 1898), or any other taw for the time being in force. ________________________ 1. Inserted by Act 15 of 1921, section. 4.

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Indian Post Office Act, 1898 Section 40

Title: Duty of Master of Ship, Departing from Any Port in India and Not Being a Mail Ship, to Convey Mail Bags

State: Central

Year: 1898

The master of ship, not being a mail ship, about to depart from any port in1[India] to any port within, or any port or place beyond,1[India], shall receive on board any mail bag tendered to him by any officer of the Post Office for conveyance, granting a receipt there for in such form as the Central Government may, by rule, prescribe, and shall, without delay, deliver the same at the port or place of destination. ________________________ 1. Substituted by Act 25 of 1950, sec. 11 and Sch. IV, for "the States".

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Indian Post Office Act, 1898 Section 41

Title: Duty of Master of Ship Arriving at Any Port in India in Respect of Postal Articles and Mail Bags on Board

State: Central

Year: 1898

(1) The master of a ship arriving at any port in1[India] shall, without delay, cause every postal article or mail bag on board which is directed to that port and is within the exclusive privilege conferred on the Central Government by Section 4, to be delivered either at the post office at that port or to some officer of the Post Office authorized in this behalf by the Post Master General. (2) If there is on board any postal article or mail bag which is directed to any other place within1[India] and is within the exclusive privilege aforesaid, the master shall, without delay, report the fact to the officer in charge of the post office at the port of arrival and act according to the directions he may receive from such officer, and the receipt of such officer shall discharge him from all further responsibility in respect of the postal articles or mail bag. ________________________ 1. Substituted by Act 25 of 1950, sec. 11 and Sch. IV, for "the States".

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Road Transport Corporations Act, 1950 Section 21

Title: Carriage of Mails

State: Central

Year: 1950

Notwithstanding anything contained in the Motor Vehicles Act, 1939, a Corporation shall, if so required by the Central Government, carry mails at such rates and on such terms and conditions as may be specified in this behalf by the Central Government in consultation with the State Government.

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Indian Post Office Act, 1898 Section 50

Title: Penalty for Voluntary Withdrawal from Duly, Without Permission or Notice, of Person Employed to Carry or Deliver Mail Bags or Postal Articles

State: Central

Year: 1898

Whoever, being employed to carry or deliver any mail bag or any postal article in course of transmission by post, voluntarily withdraws from the duties of his office without permission or without having given one month's previous notice in writing, shall be punishable with imprisonment which may extend to one month, or with fine which may extend to fifty rupees, or with both.

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Indian Post Office Act, 1898 Section 68

Title: Penalty for Retaining Postal Articles Wrongly Delivered or Mail Bags

State: Central

Year: 1898

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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