Indian post office act 1898

The Indian Post Office Act, 1898
CONTENTS
Introduction
Section
CHAPTER I
PRELIMINARY
1. Short title, extent, application and commencement
2. Definitions
3. Meanings of “in course of transmission by post” and “delivery”
CHAPTER II
PRIVILEGE AND PROTECTION OF THE GOVERNMENT
4. Exclusive privilege of conveying letters reserved to the Government
5. Certain persons expressly forbidden to convey letters
6. Exemption from liability for loss, misdelivery, delay or damage
CHAPTER III
POSTAGE
7. Power to fix rates of inland p ostage
8. Power to make rules as to payment of postage and fees in certain cases
9. Power to make rules as to registered newspapers
10. Power to declare rates of foreign postage
11. Liability for payment of postage
12. Recovery of postage and other sums due in respect of postal articles
13. Customs duty paid by the Post Office to be recoverable as postage
14. Post Office marks prima facie evidence of certain facts denoted
15. Official mark to be evidence of amount of postage.
CHAPTER IV
POSTAGE STAMPS
16. Provision of postage stamps and power to make rules as to them
17. Postage stamps to be deemed to be stamps for the purpose of revenue
CHAPTER V
CONDITIONS OF TRANSMISSION OF POSTAL ARTICLES
18. redelivery to sender of postal article in course of transmission by post
19. Transmission by post of anything injurious prohibited
19ATransmission by post of tickets, proposals, etc. relating to unauthorized
lotteries prohibited.
20. Transmission by post of anything indecent, etc. prohibited
21. Power to make rules as to transmission by post of postal articles
22. Power to postpone dispatch or delivery of certain postal articles
23. Power to deal with postal articles posted in contravention of Act