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Indian Post Office Act, 1898 Section 4

Title: Exclusive Privilege of Conveying Letters Reserved to the Government

State: Central

Year: 1898

.....them; (b) letters solely concerning the affairs of the sender or receiver thereof, sent by a messenger on purpose; and (c) letters solely concerning goods or property, sent either by sea or by land to be delivered with the goods or property which the letters concern, without hire, reward or other profit or advantage for receiving, carrying or delivering them: Provided that nothing in this section shall authorize any person to make a collection of letters expected as aforesaid for the purpose of sending them otherwise than by post. (2) For the purposes of this section and section 5, the expression "letters" includes postcards. ___________________________ 1. Substituted by Act 25 of 1950, section. 11 and Schedule. IV; for "the States".

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1898

.....(2) of Section 5, for the words 'but subject to any enactment', substitute the words 'but, save as otherwise provided by this Code, subject to any enactment'. [W.B. Act 8 of 1970, Section 3 and Sch., item 2]. (1) All offences under the Indian Penal Code shall be investigated, inquired into, tried and otherwise dealt with according to the provisions hereinafter contained. Trial of offences against other laws (2) All offences under any other law shall be investigated, inquired into, tried, and otherwise dealt with according to the same provisions, but subject to any enactment for the time being in force regulating the manner or place of investigating, inquiring into, trying or otherwise dealing with such offences. PART 2 CONSTITUTION AND POWERS OF CRIMINAL COURTS AND OFFICES: CHAPTER 2: OF THE CONSTITUTION OF CRIMINAL COURTS AND OFFICES: SECTION 6: Glasses of Criminal Courts: Besides the High Courts and the Courts constituted under any law other than this Code for the time being in force, there shall be five classes of Criminal Courts in [India], namely,- : State Amendments GUJARAT.-In its application to the State of Gujarat the amendment made in Section 6 is the.....

Post Office Act, 1898 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1898

POST OFFICE ACT, 1898 POST OFFICE ACT, 1898 6 OF 1898 STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS "The present Post Office Act was enacted in 1866, and has been amended since that date by the addition of three sections only. In 1882 section 60-A was added by Act III of 1882 authorising any officer of the Post Office, empowered in this behalf by the Governor-General in Council, to search for newspapers regarding which a notification has been published under the Sea Customs Act. In 1895, section 66 was added by Act III of that year, providing powers, in accordance with the general policy of the Postal Union for dealing with fictitious or previously used postage stamps of other countries found on letters or other articles received from abroad', and last year a further section was added by Act XVI of 1896 authorising the recovery of customs duty, when paid in advance by the Post Office, in the same manner as postage under the Act. During the last thirty years certain defects and omissions in the Act of 1866 have been brought to light, an experience has shown that express provisions of law, as contained in the Act, in respect of various matters are not suited to the present.....

Indian Post Office Act, 1898 Chapter X

Title: Penalties and Procedure

State: Central

Year: 1898

.....shall, on every such subsequent conviction, be punishable with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees. Section 60 - Penalty for breach of rules under section 16 Whoever, being appointed to sell postage stamps,-- (a) takes from any purchaser for any postage stamp or quantity of postage stamps a price higher than that fixed by any rule made under section 16, sub-section (3), clause (a), shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine which may extend to two hundred rupees, or with both; or (b) commits a breach of any other rule made under section 16, shall be punishable with fine which may extend to two hundred rupees. Section 61 - Penalty for contravention of section 19, 19A or 20 (1) Whoever, in contravention of the provisions of section 191[orsection 19A] or section 20, sends or tenders or makes over in order to be sent by post any postal article or anything, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine, or with bolh. (2) The detention in the Post Office of any postal article on the ground of its having been sent in contravention of the provisions of section 192[or.....

Indian Post Office Act, 1898 Section 58

Title: Penalty for Contravention of Section 4

State: Central

Year: 1898

(1) Whoever-- (a) conveys otherwise than by post, a letter within the exclusive privilege conferred on the Central Government by section 4,or (b) performs any service incidental to conveying, otherwise than by post, any letter within the exclusive privilege aforesaid, or (c) sends, or tenders or delivers in order to be sent, otherwise than by post, a letter within the exclusive privilege aforesaid, or (d) makes a collection of letters excepted from the exclusive privilege aforesaid for the purpose of sending them otherwise than by post, shall be punishable with fine which may extend to fifty rupees for every such letter. (2) Whoever, having already been convicted of an offence under this section, is again convicted there under, shall, on every such subsequent conviction, be punishable with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees.

Indian Post Office Act, 1898 Chapter II

Title: Privilege and Protection of the Government

State: Central

Year: 1898

.....person to make a collection of letters expected as aforesaid for the purpose of sending them otherwise than by post. (2) For the purposes of this section and section 5, the expression "letters" includes postcards. ___________________________ 1. Substituted by Act 25 of 1950, section. 11 and Schedule. IV; for "the States". Section 5 - Certain persons expressly forbidden to convey letters Wherever within1[India] posts or postal communications are established by the Central Government, the following persons are expressly forbidden to collect, carry, tenderer deliver letters, or to receive letters for the purpose of carrying or delivering them, although they obtain no hire, reward or other profit or advantage for so doing, that is to say:-- (a) common carriers of passengers or goods, and their servants or agents, except as regards letters solely concerning goods in their carts or carriages; and (b) owners and masters of vessels sailing orpassing on any river or canal in1[India], or between any ports or places in1[India], and their servants or agents, except as regards letters solely concerning goods on board, and except as regards postal articles received for.....

Indian Post Office Act, 1898 Chapter VIII

Title: Ship Letters

State: Central

Year: 1898

.....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". Section 42 - Allowance of gratuities for conveyance of postal articles by ships other than mail ships 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.....

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".

Indian Post Office Act, 1898 Section 66

Title: Penalty for Detention of Letters on Board Vessel Arriving in Port

State: Central

Year: 1898

(1) Whoever, being either the master of a ship arriving at any port in1[India] or any one on board, knowingly has in his baggage or in his possession or custody, after the postal articles on board or any of them have been sent to the post office at the port of arrival, any postal article within the exclusive privilege conferred on the Central Government by section 4, shall be punishable with fine which may extend to fifty rupees for every such postal article as aforesaid. (2) Whoever, being such master or other person as aforesaid, detains any such postal article as aforesaid after demand made for it by an officer of the Post Office, shall be punishable with fine which may extend to one hundred rupees for every such postal article. ________________________ 1. Substituted by Act 25 of 1950, sec. 11 and Sch. IV, for "the States".

Indian Post Office Act, 1898 Complete Act

Title: Indian Post Office Act, 1898

State: Central

Year: 1898

.....- Power to postpone despatch or delivery of certain postal articles Section23 - Power to deal with postal articles posted in contravention of Act Section24 - Power to deal with postal articles containing goods contraband or liable to duty Section24A - Power to deliver such articles to Customs authority Section25 - Power to intercept notified goods during transmission by post Section26 - Power to intercept postal articles for public good Section27 - Power to deal with postal articles from abroad bearing fictitious or previously used stamps Section27A - Prohibition of transmission by post of certain newspapers Section27B - Power to detain newspapers and other articles being transmitted by post Section27C - Procedure for disposal by High Court of applications for release of newspapers and articles so detained Section27D - Jurisdiction barred Chapter VI Section28 - Registration of postal articles Section29 - Power to make rules as to registration Section30 - Insurance of postal articles Section31 - Power to require insurance of postal articles Section32 - Power to make rules as to insurance Section33 - Liability in respect of postal articles insured Section34 -.....