The Post Office Act, 1898

1. PreamblePreamble

Chapter I PRELIMINARY

1. Section 1Short title, extent, application and commencement.
2. Section 2Definitions
3. Section 3Meanings of “in course of transmission by post” and “delivery”.

Chapter II PRIVILEGE AND PROTECTION OF THE GOVERNMENT

1. Section 4Exclusive privilege of conveying letters reserved to the Government.
2. Section 4AUniversal Postal Services, etc
3. Section 4BLicense for Mailing Operators and Courier Services, etc
4. Section 4CLicensing Authority, etc
5. Section 4DCancellation of License
6. Section 5Certain persons expressly forbidden to convey letters.
7. Section 6Exemption from liability for loss, misdelivery, delay or damage.

Chapter III POSTAGE

1. Section 7Power of fix rates of inland postage.
2. Section 8Power to make rules as to payment of postage and fees in certain cases.
3. Section 9Power to make rules as to registered newspapers.
4. Section 10Power to declare rates of foreign postage.
5. Section 11Liability for payment of postage.
6. Section 12Recovery of postage and other sums due in respect of postal articles.
7. Section 13Customs duty paid by the Post Office to be recoverable as postage.
8. Section 14Post Office marks prima facie evidence of certain facts denoted.
9. Section 15Official mark to be evidence of amount of postage.

Chapter IV POSTAGE STAMPS

1. Section 16AUse of Franking Machine and Power to make rules as to it.
2. Section 16Provision of postage stamps and power to make rules as to them.
3. Section 17Postage stamps to be deemed to be stamps for the purpose of revenue.

Chapter V CONDITIONS OF TRANSMISSION OF POSTAL ARTICLES

1. Section 18Re-delivery to sender or delivery to another addressee at the request of the sender of postal article in course of transmission by post.
2. Section 19Transmission by post of anything injurious prohibited.
3. Section 20Transmission by post of anything indecent, etc., prohibited.
4. Section 21Power to make rules as to transmission by post of postal articles.
5. Section 22Power to postpone dispatch or delivery of certain postal articles.
6. Section 23Power to deal with postal articles posted in contravention of Act.
7. Section 24APower to deliver such articles to Customs authority.
8. Section 24Power to deal with postal articles containing goods contraband or liable to duty.
9. Section 25Power to intercept notified goods during transmission by post.
10. Section 26Power to intercept postal articles for public good.
11. Section 27AProhibition of transmission by post of certain newspapers.
12. Section 27CProcedure for disposal by High Court Division of applications for release of newspapers and articles so detained.
13. Section 27DJurisdiction barred
14. Section 27Power to deal with postal articles from abroad bearing fictitious or previously used stamps.
15. Section 27BPower to detain newspapers and other articles being transmitted by post.

Chapter VI REGISTRATION, INSURANCE AND VALUE- PAYABLE POST

1. Section 28Registration of postal articles.
2. Section 29Power to make rules as to registration.
3. Section 30Insurance of postal articles.
4. Section 31Power to require insurance of postal articles.
5. Section 32Power to make rules as to insurance.
6. Section 33Liability in respect of postal articles insured.
7. Section 34Transmission by post of value-payable postal articles.
8. Section 35Power to make rules as to value-payable postal articles.
9. Section 36Power to give effect to arrangements with other countries.

Chapter VII UNDELIVERED POSTAL ARTICLES

1. Section 37Power to make rules as to disposal of undelivered postal articles.
2. Section 38Disposal of undelivered postal articles as office of Postmaster General.
3. Section 39Final disposal of undelivered postal articles.

Chapter VIII SHIP LETTERS

1. Section 40Duty of master of ship, departing from any port in Bangladesh, and not being a mail ship, to convey mail bags.
2. Section 41Duty of master of ship arriving at any port in Bangladesh, in respect of postal articles and mail bags on board.
3. Section 42Allowance of gratuities for conveyance of postal articles by ships other than mail ships.

Chapter IX MONEY ORDERS

1. Section 43Power to maintain money order system and to make rules as to remittances thereby.
2. Section 44Power for remitter to recall money order or alter name of payee.
3. Section 45Power to provide for the issue of postal orders.
4. Section 46Power to give effect to arrangements with other countries.
5. Section 47Recovery of money order paid to the wrong person.
6. Section 48Exemption from liability in respect of money orders.

Chapter X PENALTIES AND PROCEDURE

1. Section 49Penalty for misconduct of person employed to carry or deliver mail bags or postal articles.
2. Section 50Penalty for voluntary withdrawal from duty, without permission or notice, of person employed to carry or deliver mail bags or postal articles.
3. Section 51Penalty for making false entry in register kept by person employed to carry or deliver postal articles.
4. Section 52Penalty for theft, dishonest misappropriation, secretion, destruction, or throwing away, of postal articles.
5. Section 53Penalty for opening, detaining or delaying postal articles.
6. Section 54Penalty for fraud in connection with official marks and for receipt of excess postage.
7. Section 55Penalty for fraudulently preparing, altering, secreting or destroying Post Office documents.
8. Section 56Penalty for fraudulently sending unpaid postal articles.
9. Section 57[Omitted]Repealed
10. Section 58Penalty for contravention of section 4 and 4B.
11. Section 59Penalty for contravention of section 5.
12. Section 60Penalty for breach of rules under section 16.
13. Section 61Penalty for contravention of section 19 or 20.
14. Section 62Penalty for defiling or injuring post office letter-boxes.
15. Section 63Penalty for affixing without authority thing to, or painting, tarring or disfiguring, post office or post office letter-box.
16. Section 64Penalty for making false declaration
17. Section 65Penalty for master of ship failing to comply with the provisions of section 40 or 41.
18. Section 66Penalty for detention of letters on board vessel arriving in port.
19. Section 67Penalty for detaining mails or opening mail bag.
20. Section 68Penalty for retaining postal articles wrongly delivered or mail bags.
21. Section 69Penalty for unlawfully diverting letters.
22. Section 70Penalty for abetting, or attempting to commit, offences under Act.
23. Section 71Property in cases of offences to be laid in the Post Office.

Chapter XI SUPPLEMENTAL

1. Section 73[Omitted]Repealed
2. Section 74General power to make rules and provisions as to rules under Act.
3. Section 75Delegation of powers, other than rule-making powers, to Director General.
4. Section 76[Repealed]Repealed
5. Section 77[Omitted]Repealed

Schedules

1. First Scheduleof 1905] Smoke-nuisances
2. First ScheduleINLAND POSTAGE RATES