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Indian PO ACT. Indian Post office Act. Sec 4 - Exclusive privilege of conveying letters reserved to Government Sec 5 - Certain persons expressly forbidden to convey letters Sec 6 - Exemption from liability for loss,
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Indian Post office Act • Sec 4 - Exclusive privilege of conveying letters reserved to Government • Sec 5 - Certain persons expressly forbidden to convey letters • Sec 6 - Exemption from liability for loss, misdelivery, delay or damage
Indian Post office Act • Sec 11 - Liability for payment of postage • Sec 12 – Recovery of postage & other sums due in respect of postal articles • Sec 13 – Customs duty paid by the PO to be recoverable as postage • Sec 14 – PO marks prima facie evidence of certain facts denoted • Sec 15 – Official mark to be evidence of amount of postage
Indian Post office Act • Sec 18 – Re-delivery to sender of postal article in course of transmission by post • Sec 19 – Transmission by post of anything injurious prohibited • Sec 20 – Transmission by post of anything indecent prohibited
Indian Post office Act • Sec 22 – Power to postpone despatch or delivery of certain postal articles • Sec 23 – Power to deal with postal articles posted in contravention of act • Sec 24 – Power to deal with articles containing goods liable to duty
Indian Post office Act • Sec 25 – Power to intercept notified goods during transmission by post • Sec 26 - Power to intercept postal articles for public good • Sec 27 – Power to deal with postal articles from abroad bearing fictitious or previously used stamps
Indian Post office Act • Sec 33 – Liability in respect of postal articles insured • Sec 47 – Recovery of MO paid to the wrong person • Sec 48 – Exemption from liability in r/o MO’s
Indian Post office Act • Penalty for contravention of Sec 4 • Fine of Rs. 50 for every article • Subsequent occasion fine upto Rs. 500 • Penalty for contravention of Sec 5 • Fine upto Rs. 50/- for each article • Subsequent occasion fine upto Rs.500
Indian Post office Act • Sec 49 – Penalty for misconduct of person employed to carry of delivery bags/articles • Fine upto Rs. 50/- • Sec 50 – Penalty for voluntary withdrawal from duty, without permission to carry/deliver bags/articles • Imprisonment for one month, fine upto Rs.50/- or both
Indian Post office Act • Sec 51 – Penalty for making false entry in register kept by person employed to carry or deliver postal articles • Imprisonment upto 6 months,or fine upto to 100/- or both • Sec 52 – Penalty for theft, dishonest misappropriation, secretion, destruction or throwing away of postal articles • Imprisonment upto 7 years or fine
Indian Post office Act • Sec 53 – Penalty for opening, detaining or delaying postal articles • Imprisonment for 2 years or fine or both • Sec 54 – Penalty for fraud in c/w official marks and for receipt of excess postage • Imprisonment upto to 2 year & also fine
Indian Post office Act • Sec 55 – Penalty for fraudulently preparing, altering, secreting of destroying PO documents • Imprisonment upto 2 years and also fine • Sec 56 – Penalty for fraudulently sending unpaid postal articles • Imprisonment upto 2 year and also fine
Indian Post office Act • Sec 61 – Penalty for contravention of Sec 19 & 20 • Imprisonment upto one year or fine or both • Sec 62 – Penalty for defiling or injuring PO LB’s • Imprisonment upto one year or fine or both • Sec 64 - Penalty for making false delcaration • Fine upto Rs. 500
Indian Post office Act • Sec 67 – Penalty for detaining mails or opening mail bag • Fine upto Rs.250/- • Sec 68 – Penalty for retaining postal articles wrongly delivered or mail bags • Imprisonment upto to six months and also fine