Section 58 - Year 1898 - Bare Acts

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.

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Indian Post Office Act, 1898 Section 62

Title: Penalty for Defiling or Injuring Post Office Letter-boxes

State: Central

Year: 1898

Whoever places in or against any letter-box provided by the Post Office for the reception of postal articles any fire, match or tight, any explosive, dangerous, filthy, noxious or deleterious substance, or any fluid, or commits a nuisance in or against any such letter-box, or does anything likely to injure any such letter-box or its appurtenances or contents, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine, or with both.

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Indian Post Office Act, 1898 Section 43

Title: Power to Maintain Money Order System and (O Make Rules as to Remittances Thereby

State: Central

Year: 1898

(1) The Central Government may provide for the remitting of small sums of money through the Post Office by means of money orders, and may make rules as to such money orders. (2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may prescribe-- (a) the limit of amount for which money orders may be issued; (b) the period during which money orders shall remain current; and (c) the rates of commission or the fees to be charged on money orders or in respect thereof.

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Indian Post Office Act, 1898 Section 47

Title: Recovery of Money Order Paid to the Wrong Person

State: Central

Year: 1898

If any person, without reasonable excuse, the burden of proving which shall lie on him, neglects or refuses to refund-- (a) any amount paid to him in respect of a money order by an officer of the Post Office in excess of what ought to have been paid to him in respect thereof, or (b) the amount of a money order paid by an officer of the Post Office to him instead of to some other person to whom it ought to have been paid, such amount shall be recoverable by an officer of the Post Office authorized by the Post Master General in this behalf from the person so neglecting or refusing as if it were an arrear of land revenue due from him.1 ________________________ 1. The Revenue Recovery Act, 1890 (1 of 1890).

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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 51

Title: Penalty for Making False Entry in Register Kept by Person Employed to Carry or Deliver Any Postal Articles

State: Central

Year: 1898

Whoever, being employed to carry or deliver any postal article in course of transmission by post and required while so employed to keep any register, makes, or causes or suffers to be made, any false entry in the register with intent to induce the belief that he has visited a place, or delivered a postal article, which he has not visited or delivered, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months or with fine which may extend to one hundred rupees, or with both.

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Indian Post Office Act, 1898 Section 52

Title: Penalty for Theft, Dishonest Misappropriation, Secretion, Destruction, or Throwing Away of Postal Articles

State: Central

Year: 1898

Whoever, being an officer of the Post Office, commits theft in respect of, or dishonestly misappropriates, or, for any purpose whatsoever, secretes, destroys or throws away, any postal article in course of transmission by post or anything contained therein, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be punishable with fine.

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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.

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Indian Post Office Act, 1898 Section 55

Title: Penalty for Fraudulently Preparing, Altering Secreting or Destroying Post Office Documents

State: Central

Year: 1898

Whoever, being an officer of the Post Office entrusted with the preparing or keeping of any document, fraudulently prepares the document incorrectly, or alters or secretes or destroys the document, 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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Indian Post Office Act, 1898 Section 56

Title: Penalty for Fraudulently Sending Unpaid Postal Articles

State: Central

Year: 1898

Whoever, being an officer of the Post Office, sends by post, or puts into any mail bag, any postal article upon which postage has not been paid or charged in the manner prescribed by this Act, intending thereby to defraud the Government of the postage on such 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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