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, 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