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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.....

Lepers Act, 1898 Section 6

Title: Arrest of Pauper Lepers

State: Central

Year: 1898

(1) Within any local area which has been specified under section 3 any police-officer {Ins. by section 5.ibid.[ or any other person specially empowered by the State Government by order in writing in this behalf] may arrest without a warrant any person who appears to him to be a pauper leper. (2) Such police-officer {Ins. by section 5.ibid.} [ or other person] shall forthwith take or send the person so arrested to the nearest convenient police-station.

Indian Post Office Act, 1898 Section 6

Title: Exemption from Liability for Loss, Misdelivery, Delay or Damage

State: Central

Year: 1898

The1[Government] shall not incur any liability by reason of the loss, misdelivery or delay of, or damage to, any postal article in course of transmission by post, except in so far as such liability may in express terms by undertaken by the Central Government as hereinafter provided; and no officer of the Post Office shall incur any liability by reason of any such loss, misdelivery, delay or damage, unless he has caused the same fraudulently or by his willful act or default. ___________________________ 1. Substituted by the A.O. 1950, for "Crown" which was subs. by the A.O. 1957, for "the Secretary of State for India in Council".

Indian Post Office Act, 1898 Preamble 1

Title: Indian Post Office Act, 1898

State: Central

Year: 1898

THE INDIAN POST OFFICE ACT, 1898 [Act, No. 6 of 1898]1 [22nd March, 1898] PREAMBLE An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to the Post Offices in India. Whereas it is expedient to consolidate and amend the law relating to the Post Offices in India; It is hereby enacted as follows:-- _________________________ 1. Amended in its application to-- (1) the excluded and partially excluded areas in Assam by Assam Regulations 2 of 1941 and 1 of 1942 Respecitvely; (2) the partially excluded areas in Bihar by Bihar Regulation 3 of 1942; (3) the partially excluded areas in C.P. and Berar by C.P. abd Berar Regulation 1 of 1942; (4) the partially excluded areas in Orissa by Orissa Regulation 1 of 1942; (5) the Partially excluded areas in U.P. by U.P. Regulation 2 of 1942; and (6) the Darjeeling district by Bengal Regulation 7 of 1942.

Indian Post Office Act, 1898 Schedule I

Title: First Schedule

State: Central

Year: 1898

.....on or through television, radio, newspaper, magazine or any other media. Book, pattern and sample packets For the first fifty grams or fraction thereof Rs. 4.00 For every additional fifty grams, or fraction thereof, in excess of fifty grams Rs. 3.00 Registered newspapers For a weight not exceeding fifty grams 25 paise For a weight exceeding fifty grams but not exceeding one hundred grams 50 paise For every additional one hundred grams, or fraction thereof, exceeding one hundred grams 20 paise In the case of more than one copy of the same issue of a registered newspaper being carried in the same packet-- for a weight not exceeding one hundred grams 50 paise for every additional one hundred grams, or fraction thereof, exceeding one hundred grams 20 paise Provided that such packet shall not be delivered at any addressee's residence but shall be given to a recognised agent at the Post Office. Parcels For a weight not exceeding five hundred grams Rs. 19.00 For every five hundred grams, or.....

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......

Lepers Act, 1898 Section 12

Title: Re-arrest of Escaped Lepers

State: Central

Year: 1898

Whoever, having been sent to a leper asylum under an order of a Magistrate in Form C or Form D set forth in the Schedule, escapes from, or leaves, the asylum without the permission in writing of the Superintendent thereof, may be arrested {Subs. by Act 22 of 1920, section 6, for ''by any police officer without a warrant''.} [with out a warrant by any police officer or by any other person especially empowered by the State Government by order in writing in this behalf, ] and upon arrest shall be forthwith taken back to the leper asylum.

Indian Post Office Act, 1898 Section 27A

Title: Prohibition of Transmission by Post of Certain Newspapers

State: Central

Year: 1898

1[27A. Prohibition of transmission by post of certain newspapers No newspaper printed and published in2[India] without conforming to the rules laid down in the Press, and Registration of Books Act, 1867 (25 of 1867), shall be transmitted by post. __________________________ 1. Section 27A to 27D Inserted by Act 14 of 1922, section. 6 and Schedule. IV. 2. Substituted by Act 25 of 1950, section. 11 and Schedule. IV, for "the States".

Indian Post Office Act, 1898 Section 36

Title: Power to Give Effect to Arrangements with Other Countries

State: Central

Year: 1898

..... (2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may prescribe-- (a) the form of declaration to be made by the senders of such postal articles as aforesaid; and (b) the fees to be charged in respect thereof. __________________________ 1. Substituted by the A.O. 1950, for "are in force". 2. Substituted by the A.O. 1950, for "Indian State or foreign country". 3. The words "Indian State corresponding to a Part B State" rep. by Act 25 of 1950, section. 11 and Schedule. IV. 4. Substituted by Act 25 of 1950, section. 11 and Schedule. IV for "the States". 5. Substituted by the A.O. 1950 for "State or country". 6. The words "Part B State" rep. by Act 25 of 1950, section. 11 and Schedule. IV.

Indian Post Office Act, 1898 Section 46

Title: Power to Give Effect to Arrangements with Other Countries

State: Central

Year: 1898

.....and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may prescribe-- (a) the manner in which, and the conditions subject to which, such orders may be issued and paid in 4 [India]; and (b) the rates of commission to be charged thereon. ________________________ 1. Substituted by the A.O. 1950, for "are in force". 2. Substituted by the A.O. 1950 for "Indian State or foreign country". 3. The words "Indian State corresponding to a Part B State" rep. by Act 25 of 1950, section. 11 and Schedule. IV. 4. Substituted by Act 25 of 1950, section. 11 and Schedule. IV for "the States". 5. Substituted by the A.O. 1950 for "State or country". 6. The words 'Part B State" rep. by Act 25 of 1950, section. 11 and Schedule. IV.