LawgistThe Indian Post Office Act
42Allowance of gratuities for conveyance of postal articles by ships other than mail ships
The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, declare what gratuities shall be allowed to masters of ships, not being mail ships, in respect of postal articles received by them for conveyance on behalf of the Post Office; and the master of a ship, not being a mail ship, about to leave any port in 1[India] as aforesaid shall, if he receives on board a mail bag for conveyance, be entitled to demand and obtain immediately the amount of the gratuity payable under this section in respect of the mail bag and its contents.
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1. Subs. by Act 25 of 1950, s. 11 and the Fourth Schedule, for "the States".
SHIP LETTERS
- 40 Duty of master of ship, departing from any port in India and not being a mail ship, to convey mail bags
- 41 Duty of master of ship arriving at any port in India in respect of postal articles and mail bags on board
- 42 Allowance of gratuities for conveyance of postal articles by ships other than mail ships
