LawgistThe Indian Post Office Act
63Penalty for affixing without authority thing to, or painting, tarring or disfiguring, post office or post office letter-box
Whoever, without due authority, affixes any placard, advertisement, notice, list, document board or other thing in or on, or paints, tars or in any way disfigures any post office or any letter-box provided by the Post Office for the reception of postal articles, shall be punishable with fine which may extend to fifty rupees.
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Other offences
- 58 Penalty for contravention of section 4
- 59 Penalty for contravention of section 5
- 60 Penalty for breach of rules under section 16
- 61 Penalty for contravention of section 19, 19A or 20
- 62 Penalty for defiling or injuring post office letter-boxes
- 63 Penalty for affixing without authority thing to, or painting, tarring or disfiguring, post office or post office letter-box
- 64 Penalty for making false declaration
- 65 Penalty for master of ship failing to comply with the provisions of section 40 or 41
- 66 Penalty for detention of letters on board vessel arriving in port
- 67 Penalty for detaining mails or opening mail bag
- 68 Penalty for retaining postal articles wrongly delivered or mail bags
- 69 Penalty for unlawfully diverting letters
