The Indian Post Office Act, 1898, 6 of 1898 (Rep., Act 43 of 2023)

Sections

1. 0Section 0
2. I — PRELIMINARY
3. 1Short title, extent, application and commencement
4. 2Definitions
5. VI — REGISTRATION, INSURANCE AND VALUE-PAYABLE POST
6. 3The word "and" omitted by Act 3 of 1912, s. 7
7. II — PRIVILEGE AND PROTECTION OF THE GOVERNMENT
8. 4Exclusive privilege of conveying letters reserved to the Government
9. 5Certain persons expressly forbidden to convey letters
10. 6Exemption from liability for loss, misdelivery, delay or damage
11. 7Power to fix rates of inland postage
12. 8Power to make rules as to payment of postage and fees in certain cases
13. 9Power to make rules as to registered newspapers
14. 10Power to declare rates of foreign postage
15. 11Liability for payment of postage
16. 14Post Office marks
17. 15Official mark to be evidence of amount of postage
18. IV — POSTAGE STAMPS
19. 16Provision of postage stamps and power to make rules as to them
20. 17Postage stamps to be deemed to be stamps for the purpose of revenue
21. V — CONDITIONS OF TRANSMISSION OF POSTAL ARTICLES
22. 18Redelivery to sender of postal article in course of transmission by post
23. 19Transmission by post of anything injurious prohibited
24. 21Power to make rules as to transmission by post of postal articles
25. 22Power to postpone dispatch or delivery of certain postal articles
26. 23Power to deal with postal articles posted in contravention of Act
27. 24Power to deal with postal articles containing goods contraband or liable to duty
28. 25Power to intercept notified goods during transmission by post
29. 26Power to intercept postal articles for public good
30. 27Power to deal with postal articles from abroad bearing fictitious or previously used stamps
31. 27BPower to detain newspapers and other articles being transmitted by post
32. 27CProcedure for disposal by High Court of applications for release of newspapers and articles so detained
33. VI — REGISTRATION, INSURANCE AND VALUE-PAYABLE POST
34. 29Power to make rules as to registration
35. 32Power to make rules as to insurance
36. 35Power to make rules as to value-payable postal articles
37. 36Power to give effect to arrangements with other countries
38. VII — UNDELIVERED POSTAL ARTICLES
39. 37Power to make rules as to disposal of undelivered postal articles
40. 38Disposal of undelivered postal articles at office of Post Master General
41. 40Duty of master of ship, departing from any port in India and not being a mail ship, to
42. 41Duty of master of ship arriving at any port in India in respect of postal articles and mail bags on
43. 42Allowance of gratuities for conveyance of postal articles by ships other than mail
44. IX — MONEY ORDERS
45. 43Power to maintain money order system and to make rules as to remittances thereby
46. 44Power for remitter to recall money order or alter name of payee
47. 45Power to provide for the issue of postal orders
48. 46Power to give effect to arrangements with other countries
49. 47Recovery of money order paid to the wrong person
50. 48Exemption from liability in respect of money orders
51. XI — SUPPLEMENTAL
52. 73Zamindari and other district posts
53. 74General power to make rules and provisions as to rules under Act
54. 75Delegation of powers, other than rule-making powers to Director General