LawgistThe Indian Post Office Act
54Penalty for fraud in connection with official marks and for receipt of excess postage
Whoever, being an officer of the Post Office,--
(a) fraudulently puts any wrong official mark on a postal article, or
(b) fraudulently alters, removes or causes to disappear an official mark which is on a postal article, or
(c) being entrusted with the delivery of any postal article, knowingly demands or receives any sum of money in respect of the postage thereof which is not chargeable under this Act,
shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years, and shall also be punishable with fine.
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Offences by officers of the Post Office
- 49 Penalty for misconduct of person employed to carry or deliver mail bags or postal articles
- 50 Penalty for voluntary withdrawal from duty, without permission or notice, of person employed to carry or deliver mail bags or postal articles
- 51 Penalty for making false entry in register kept by person employed to carry or deliver any postal articles
- 52 Penalty for theft, dishonest misappropriation, secretion, destruction, or throwing away of postal articles
- 53 Penalty for opening, detaining or delaying postal articles
- 54 Penalty for fraud in connection with official marks and for receipt of excess postage
- 55 Penalty for fraudulently preparing, altering secreting or destroying Post Office documents
- 56 Penalty for fraudulently sending unpaid postal articles
- 57 [Repealed.]
