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Indian Post Office Act, 1898 Section 54

Title: Penalty for Fraud in Connection with Official Marks and for Receipt of Excess Postage

State: Central

Year: 1898

Whoever, being an officer of the Post Office,-- (a) fraudulently puts any wrong official mark on a postal article, or (b) fraudulently alters, removes or causes to disappear an official mark which is on a postal article, or (c) being entrusted with the delivery of any postal article, knowingly demands or receives any sum of money in respect ofthe postage thereof which is not chargeable under this Act, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years, and shall also be punishable with fine.

Indian Post Office Act, 1898 Section 15

Title: Official Mark to Be Evidence of Amount of Postage

State: Central

Year: 1898

The official mark on a postal article denoting that any postage or other sum is due in respect thereof to the Post Office of1[India] or to the Post Office of the United Kingdom or of any British possession or foreign country, shall be prima facie evidence that the sum denoted as aforesaid is so due. _________________________ 1. Substituted by Act 25 of 1950, section. 11 and Schedule. IV; for "the States".

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 III

Title: Postage

State: Central

Year: 1898

.....in the Official Gazette, declare what packets may be sent by the inland post as book, pattern and sample packets within the meaning of this Act. Section 8 - Power to make rules as to payment of postage and fees in certain cases The Central Government may, by rule,-- (a) require the prepayment of postage on inland postal articles or any class of inland postal articles, and prescribe the manner in which prepayment shall be made; (b) prescribe the postage to be charged on inland postal articles when the postage is not prepaid or is insufficiently prepaid; (c) provide for the redirection of postal articles and the transmission by post of articles so redirected, either free of charge or subject to such further charge as may be specified in the rules; and (d) prescribe the fees to be charged for the "express delivery" of postal articles, in addition to, or instead of, any other postage chargeable thereon under this Act. Explanation.--"Express delivery" means delivery by a special messenger or conveyance. Section 9 - Power to make rules as to registered newspapers (1) The Central Government may make rules providing for the registration of newspapers for.....

Live Stock Importation Act, 1898 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1898

.....may direct that a breach thereof shall be punishable with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees. SECTION 05: PROTECTION TO PERSONS ACTING UNDER ACT No suit, prosecution or other legal proceeding shall lie against any person for anything in good faith done or intended to be done under this Act. Footnotes: 1. Substituted for the former sub-section, by the Live-Stock Importation (Amendment) Act, 1953 (40 of 1953), section 2 (16-12-1953). 2. The words "except the State of Jammu and Kashmir" were omitted by the Jammu and Kashmir (Extension of Laws) Act, 1956 (62 of 195.6), section 2 and Sch. (1-11-1956). 3. The word "and" and sub -section (3) were repealed by the Repealing and Amending Act, 1914(10 of 1914) 4. Substituted for the words "Governor -General in Council", by A.O., 1937. 5. Substituted for the words "Gazette of India", by A.0., 1937. 7. Inserted by Live-stock Importation (Amendment) Act, 1953 (40 of 1953), section 3 (16-12-1953). 8. See S.O. 1998, dt. 20 -7-1960 Gaz. of Ind., 13-8-1960, Pt. II, section 3(ii), p. 2254. Some 55 more such diseases or disorders are specified to be infectious or contagious disorders. 9. Substituted for the words.....

Indian Post Office Act, 1898 Section 9

Title: Power to Make Rules as to Registered Newspapers

State: Central

Year: 1898

(1) The Central Government may make rules providing for the registration of newspapers for transmission by inland post as registered newspapers. (2) For the purpose of such registration, every publication, consisting wholly or in great part of political or other news, or of articles relating thereto or to other current topics, with or with out advertisements, shall be deemed a newspaper, subject to the following conditions, namely:-- (a) that it is published in numbers at intervals of not more than thirty-one days; and (b) that it has a bonafide list of subscribers. (3) An extra or supplement to a newspaper, bearing the same date as the newspaper and transmitted therewith, shall be deemed to be part of the newspaper: Provided that no such extra or supplement shall be so deemed unless it consists wholly or in great part of matter like that of the newspaper and has the title and date of publication of the newspaper printed at the top of each page. Explanation.--Nothing in this section or in the rules thereunder shall be construed to render it compulsory to send newspapers by the inland post.

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.....

Lepers Act, 1898 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1898

.....(2)Pondicherry by Regn.7 of l963; (3) Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Islands by Regn. 8 of 1965. Hyderabad Leprosy Act (Andh. Pra. Act 4 of 1954) has been extended to the whole State of Andhra Pradesh by Andh. Pra. Act 20 of 1963 - Seesection 12,. Applied to Chandigarh by Chd. Admn. Gaz., 9-2-1973, Ext,. p. 237. "- -Repealed in - Gujarat by Guj. Act 4 of 1990. Assam by Assam Act 13 of 1990. Nagaland by Naga. Act 6 of 1990. Meghalaya by Megha. Act 3 of 1990. West Bengal by W.B. Act 15 of 1985. Tamil Nadu by T.N, Act 22 of 1987. Tripura by Tripura Act I of J 985. Punjab by Punj. Act 8 of 1993. Karnataka by Krna. Act 25 of 1989. Orissa by Orissa Act 1 of 1987. Himachal Pradesh by H. P. Act 14 of 1988. U. T. of Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Chandigarh by Central Act 47 of 1983. Manipur by Mani. Act 6 of 1989 Maharashtra : Gujarat : Mysore (Bombay Area): in the long title and the Preamble of the Lepers Act, 1898, in its application to the whole State of Bombay (now split up into the Stales of Gujarat and Maharashtra), the word "pauper". - Bom. Act 28 of 1955, section 2(16 -9-1955): Guj. A. L. (8th Am.) 0......

Indian Post Office Act, 1898 Chapter VI

Title: Registration, Insurance and Value-payable Post

State: Central

Year: 1898

.....any postage chargeable under this Act, such further fee as may be fixed by the notification shall be paid on account of the registration of post at articles. Section 29 - Power to make rules as to registration (1) The Central Government may make rules as to the registration of postal articles. (2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may-- (a) declare in what cases registration shall be required; (b) prescribe the manner in which the fees for registration shall be paid; and (c) direct that twice the fee for registration shall be levied on the delivery of a postal article required to be registered on which the fee for registration has not been. prepaid. (3) postal articles made over to the Post Office for the purpose of being registered, shall be delivered, when registered, at such times and in such manner as the Director General may, by order, from lime to time appoint. Section 30 - Insurance of postal articles The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette direct-- (a) that any postal article may, subject to the other provisions of this Act, be insured at the post office at which it is.....

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.....