Indian Post Office Act, 1898
Central · 1898
Chapter CHAPTER I
Chapter CHAPTER II
Chapter CHAPTER III
- S. 7Power to fix rates of inland postage.--
- S. 8Power to make rules as to payment of postage and fees in certain cases.--
- S. 9Power to make rules as to registered newspapers.--
- S. 10Power to declare rates of foreign postage.--
- S. 11Liability for payment of postage.--
- S. 12Recovery of postage and other sums due in respect of postal articles.--
- S. 13Customs duty paid by the Post Office to be recoverable as postage.--
- S. 14Post Office marks prima facie evidence of certain facts denoted.--
- S. 15Official mark to be evidence of amount of postage.--
Chapter CHAPTER IV
Chapter CHAPTER V
- S. 18Redelivery to sender of postal article in course of transmission by post.--
- S. 19Transmission by post of anything injurious prohibited.--
- S. 19ATransmission by post of tickets, proposals, etc., relating to unauthorized lotteries prohibited.--
- S. 20Transmission by post of anything indecent, etc., prohibited.--
- S. 21Power to make rules as to transmission by post of postal articles.--
- S. 22Power to postpone dispatch or delivery of certain postal articles.--
- S. 23Power to deal with postal articles posted in contravention of Act.--
- S. 24Power to deal with postal articles containing goods contraband or liable to duty.--
- S. 24APower to deliver such articles to customs authority.--
- S. 25Power to intercept notified goods during transmission by post.--
- S. 26Power to intercept postal articles for public good.--
- S. 27Power to deal with postal articles from abroad bearing fictitious or previously use stamps.--
- S. 27AProhibition of transmission by post of certain newspapers.--
- S. 27BPower to detain newspapers and other articles being transmitted by post.--
- S. 27CProcedure for disposal of High Court of applications for release of newspapers and articles so detained.--
- S. 27DJurisdiction barred.--
Chapter CHAPTER VI
- S. 28Registration of Postal articles.--
- S. 29Power to make rules as to registration.--
- S. 30Insurance of postal articles.--
- S. 31Power to require insurance of postal articles.--
- S. 32Power to make rules as to insurance.--
- S. 33Liability in respect of postal articles insured.--
- S. 34Transmission by post of value-payable postal articles.--
- S. 35Power to make rules as to value-payable postal articles.--
- S. 36Power to give effect to arrangements with other countries.--
Chapter CHAPTER VII
Chapter CHAPTER VIII
- S. 40Duty of master of ship, departing from any port in India and not being a mail ship, to convey mail bags.--
- S. 41Duty of master of ship arriving at any port in India in respect of postal articles and mail bags on board.--
- S. 42Allowances of gratuities for conveyance of postal articles by ships other than mail ships.--
Chapter CHAPTER IX
- S. 43Power to maintain money order system and to make rules as to remittances thereby.--
- S. 44Power for remitter to recall money-order or alter name of payee.--
- S. 45Power to provide for the issue of postal orders.--
- S. 46Power to give effect to arrangements with other countries.--
- S. 47Recovery of money order paid to the wrong person.--
- S. 48Exemption from liability in respect of money orders.--