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Post Office Act, 1898 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1898

.....accepting delivery of the postal article, unless he forthwith returns it unopened : Provided that, if any such postal article appears to the satisfaction of the Post-Master-General' to have been maliciously sent for the purpose of annoying the addressee, he may remit the postage. (2) If any postal article on which postage or any other sum chargeable under this Act is due, is refused or returned as aforesaid, or if the addressee is dead or cannot be found, then the sender shall be bound to pay the postage or sum due thereon under this Act SECTION 12 : Recovery of postage and other sums due in respect of postal articles If any person refuses to pay any postage or other sum due from him under this Act in respect of any postal article, the sum so due may, on application made by an officer of the Post Officer authorized in this behalf by the written order of the Post-Master-General, be recovered for the use of the Post Office from the person so refusing, as if it were a fine imposed under this Act, by any Magistrate having jurisdiction where that person may for the time being be resident, and the post-Master-General may further direct that any other postal article, not being on.....

Indian Post Office Act, 1898 Chapter V

Title: Conditions of Transmission of Postal Articles

State: Central

Year: 1898

.....detaining any postal article under the provisions of sub-section (1) shall forthwith send by post to the addressee of such article, notice of the fact of such detention. (3) The State Government shall cause the contents of any postal article detained under sub-section (1) to be examined, and, if it appears to the State Government that the article contained any newspaper, book or other document, of the nature described in clause (a) or clause (b) of sub-section (1), may pass such orders as to the disposal of the article and its contents as it may deem proper, and, if it does not so appear, shall release the article and it contents, unless the same be otherwise liable to seizure under any law for the time being in force: Provided that any person interested in any article detained under theprovisions of clause (a) of sub-section (1) may, within two months from the date of such detention, apply to the State Government for release of the same, and the State Government shall consider such application and pass such orders thereon as it may deem to be proper: Provided also that, if such application is rejected, the applicant may, within two months from the date of the order.....

Indian Post Office Act, 1898 Section 22

Title: Power to Postpone Despatch or Delivery of Certain Postal Articles

State: Central

Year: 1898

(1) Where the despatch or delivery from a post office of letters would be delayed by the despatch or delivery therefrom at the same time of book, pattern or sample packets and parcels, or any of them, such packets or parcels, or any of them, may, subject to such rules as the Central Government may make in this behalf, be detained in the Post Office so long as may be necessary. (2) Where separate parcel posts are established, parcels maybe forwarded and conveyed by them, being detained, if necessary, in the Post Office for that purpose.

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 Complete Act

Title: Indian Post Office Act, 1898

State: Central

Year: 1898

..... Section13 - Customs duty paid by the post office to be recoverable as postage Section14 - Post Office marks prima facie evidence of certain facts denoted Section15 - Official mark to be evidence of amount of postage Chapter IV Section16 - Provision of postage stamps and power to make rules as to them Section17 - Postage stamps to be deemed to be stamps for the purpose of revenue Chapter V Section18 - Redelivery to sender of postal article in course of transmission by post Section19 - Transmission by post of anything injurious prohibited Section19A - Transmission by post of tickets, proposals, etc., relating to unauthorised lotteries prohibited Section20 - Transmission by post of anything indecent, etc., prohibited Section21 - Power to make rules as to transmission by post of postal articles Section22 - 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.....

Indian Post Office Act, 1898 Section 23

Title: Power to Deal with Postal Articles Posted in Contravention of Act

State: Central

Year: 1898

.....Post Master General in this behalf may open or unfasten any newspaper or any book, pattern or sample packet, in course of transmission by post, which he suspects to have been sent by post in contravention of1[section 20, clause (a), or of] section 21 or of any of the provisions of this Act relating to postage. (3) Notwithstanding anything in sub-section (1)-- (a) any postal article sent by post in contravention of the provisions of section 192[or section 19A] may, under the authority of the Post Master General, if necessary, be opened and destroyed; and 3[(b) any postal article sent by post in contravention of the provisions of section 20 may be disposed of in such manner as the Central Government may, by rule, direct.] __________________________ 1. Inserted by Act 3 of 1912, section. 3. 2. Inserted by Act 7 of 1958, section. 3. 3. Substituted by Act 3 of 1912, section. 3.

Post Office Cash Certificates Act, 1917 Section 3

Title: Payment on Death of Holder of Post Office 5-year Cash Certificate

State: Central

Year: 1917

.....Savings Bank and the sum for the time being due on such certificate were a deposit in such a Bank1[and as if for the words "three thousand" in2[Section 8] of the said Act the words "five thousand" were substituted] : Provided that the powers conferred by the said provisions on the Secretary of a Government Savings Bank shall be exercisable by the Post Master General for the area within which the post office of issue of such certificate is situate3[or if that area is in Pakistan, by the Postmaster-General for such area in India as the Central Government may be general or special order specify in this behalf] : Provided further that, where in any one case payment is to be made of certificates issued from more post offices than one, the said powers shall be exercisable by the Post Master General for the area in which any of the said post offices is situate. (2) Nothing in sub-section (1) shall be deemed to require any person to accept payment of the amount due on a Post Office 5-year Cash Certificate before the same has reached maturity. ________________________ 1. Inserted by the Post Office Cash Certificates (Amendment) Act, 1920 (32 of 1920), Section 3. 2......

Karnataka Reservation of Appointments or Posts (in the Civil Services of the State) for Rural Candidates Act, 2000 Preamble 1

Title: Karnataka Reservation of Appointments or Posts (in the Civil Services of the State) for Rural Candidates Act, 2000

State: Karnataka

Year: 2000

.....they have made any comparative study regarding the schools in the rural areas, their standard of education, teaching methods etc., It is well known fact that even in urban areas the education standard of children of hut dwellers and other economically and socially backward classes is not of same standard as of rural areas"; WHEREAS the Government constituted a Commission of Inquiry consisting of Justice R. Ramakrishna, a former Judge of the High Court, as Chairman and some other members to examine various aspects relating to rural candidates; WHEREAS the Commission has given its report in which it has observed that both from the point of view of available schooling facilities as well as infrastructural facilities in the existing school, it is evident that children in rural schools suffer from a serious handicap as compared to children in urban schools and further it has recommended to have a legislation to provide for further reservation of five percent over and above the reservation already provided to the persons belonging to the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and the other Backward Classes to the extent of fifty percent; WHEREAS the Supreme Court in the case of.....

Reservation of Appointments or Posts (in the Civil Services of the State) for Rural Candidates Act, 2000 Preamble 1

Title: Reservation of Appointments or Posts (in the Civil Services of the State) for Rural Candidates Act, 2000

State: Karnataka

Year: 2000

.....they have made any comparative study regarding the schools in the rural areas, their standard of education, teaching methods etc., It is well known fact that even in urban areas the education standard of children of hut dwellers and other economically and socially backward classes is not of same standard as of rural areas"; WHEREAS the Government constituted a Commission of Inquiry consisting of Justice R. Ramakrishna, a former Judge of the High Court, as Chairman and some other members to examine various aspects relating to rural candidates; WHEREAS the Commission has given its report in which it has observed that both from the point of view of available schooling facilities as well as infrastructural facilities in the existing school, it is evident that children in rural schools suffer from a serious handicap as compared to children in urban schools and further it has recommended to have a legislation to provide for further reservation of five percent over and above the reservation already provided to the persons belonging to the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and the other Backward Classes to the extent of fifty percent; WHEREAS the Supreme Court in the case of.....

Indian Post Office Act, 1898 Section 19

Title: Transmission by Post of Anything Injurious Prohibited

State: Central

Year: 1898

(1) Except as otherwise provided by rule and subject to such conditions as may be prescribed thereby, no person shall send by post any explosive, dangerous, filthy, noxious or deleterious substance, any sharp instrument not properly protected, or any living creature which is either noxious or likely to injure postal articles in course of transmission by post or any officer of the Post Office. (2) No person shall send by post any article or thing which is likely to injure postal articles in course of transmission by post or any officer of the Post Office.