Section 3. Services to be provided by Post Office

3. Services to be provided by Post Office. --(1) The Post Office shall provide such services as the Central Government may prescribe. - (2) The Director General may make regulations— (a) in respect of activities necessary to provide services referred to in sub-section (1); and (b) to fix charges for, and the terms and conditions in respect of, services referred to in sub-section (1). (3) Any service provided by the Post Office shall be subject to any other law for the time being in force. 3. The Bill, inter alia, seeks to provide that— (a) the Post Office shall provide such services as the Central Government may by rules prescribe; (b) the Director General of Postal Services shall make regulations in respect of activities necessary to provide those services and fix the charges for such services; (c) the Post Office shall have the exclusive privilege of issuing postage stamps; (d) the Central Government shall have power to give effect to the arrangements made with any foreign country or territory; (e) every person shall be liable to pay charges for availing any service provided by the Post Office and if such person refuses or neglects to pay any charge due to him it shall be recoverable as land revenue; (f) the Central Government may prescribe the conditions for denoting the official mark on postal item to be used as prima facie evidence of the fact so denoted; (g) the Central Government may, by notification, empower any officer to intercept, open or detain any item in the interest of the security of the State, friendly relations with foreign states, public order, emergency, or public safety or upon the occurrence of any contravention of any of the provisions of any law for the time being in force; (h) the Post Office and officers of the Post Office shall be exempted from any liability by reason of any loss, mis-delivery, delay, or damage in course of any service provided by the Post Office except such liability as may be prescribed.