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A.D. 1838.]
ACT XX.
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exceeding forty tolas, when so brought for despatch along a road where
there is no regular bhangi-post established, be certified by attestation
written on the cover not to contain any of the things specified as subject
to rateable postage duty under heads Nos. 1, 2, and 3, of the said Sche-
dule; and further, if it be so certified that such packets do not contain
any writing in contravention of Sections IX. and X. Act XVII. of 1837,
every such packet shall in like manner be forwarded by the letter-post,
being charged with duty as specified and prescribed in Table 4, Sche-
dule (A) for bhangi parcels: provided, however, that it shall be in the-
power of the postmaster at the place of delivery to proceed for the disco-
very of any fraud or contravention of the law in respect of all packets so
conveyed by the letter-post at bhangi postage rates, in the manner pre-
scribed in Section XXX. Act XVII. 1837 : provided also, that Govern-
ment shall not be responsible for any loss or damage which may occur in
respect of anything entrusted to the postmaster for conveyance by virtue
of this Act, and that no person employed by the Government in the post-
office department shall be responsible for any such loss or damage,
unless such person has caused such loss or damage maliciously or
fraudulently.
III. And it is hereby enacted, that if packets exceeding forty tolas in
weight be brought for despatch by the letter-post at bhangi rates, the
same may be forwarded under the rules and restrictions prescribed in the
preceding section of this Act: provided, however, that the transmission of
such over-weight packets shall always be discretional with the postmaster
to whom they may be brought for despatch, to forward them at such
times and in such manner as may be convenient.
IV. And it is hereby enacted, that no packet brought for despatch by
bhangi-post shall be returned from any post-ofHce on the ground that
the bhangi-post has not been laid for the whole distance to the place of
delivery.
V. And it is hereby enacted, that, except as hereinafter is mentioned,
if any person wilfully certify or cause to be certified by writing on any
letter, cover, or packet delivered at any post-office for conveyance by post,
what is not true in respect of such letter or packet, or in respect of its
contents, for the purpose of defrauding the post-office revenue, every such
person shall, on conviction, be subject to a fine of fifty rupees for every
such offence.
VI. And it is her^jy enacted, that whoever shall send, or cause to be
sent, by the Government post any packet, under the provisions of this Act,
of the description mentioned in Table 2 of Schedule (A), Act No. XVII.
A.D. 1837, which shall contain any writing whatever other than writing
which is necessarily part of the documents which such packet is stated to
contain by attestation on the cover of such packet, knowing that it con-
tains any writing not necessarily part of the documents which such packet
is stated to contain by attestation on the cover, shall be punished with a
* -fine of fifty rupees. *
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twelve and not exceed-
ing forty tolas will be
forwarded.
Packets above forty
tolas will be forwarded
Fine for inserting
papers in a packet dif-
ferent from those at-
tested by the endorse-
ment on the cover.—
Table 2, Sched. (A).
ACT XX.
65
exceeding forty tolas, when so brought for despatch along a road where
there is no regular bhangi-post established, be certified by attestation
written on the cover not to contain any of the things specified as subject
to rateable postage duty under heads Nos. 1, 2, and 3, of the said Sche-
dule; and further, if it be so certified that such packets do not contain
any writing in contravention of Sections IX. and X. Act XVII. of 1837,
every such packet shall in like manner be forwarded by the letter-post,
being charged with duty as specified and prescribed in Table 4, Sche-
dule (A) for bhangi parcels: provided, however, that it shall be in the-
power of the postmaster at the place of delivery to proceed for the disco-
very of any fraud or contravention of the law in respect of all packets so
conveyed by the letter-post at bhangi postage rates, in the manner pre-
scribed in Section XXX. Act XVII. 1837 : provided also, that Govern-
ment shall not be responsible for any loss or damage which may occur in
respect of anything entrusted to the postmaster for conveyance by virtue
of this Act, and that no person employed by the Government in the post-
office department shall be responsible for any such loss or damage,
unless such person has caused such loss or damage maliciously or
fraudulently.
III. And it is hereby enacted, that if packets exceeding forty tolas in
weight be brought for despatch by the letter-post at bhangi rates, the
same may be forwarded under the rules and restrictions prescribed in the
preceding section of this Act: provided, however, that the transmission of
such over-weight packets shall always be discretional with the postmaster
to whom they may be brought for despatch, to forward them at such
times and in such manner as may be convenient.
IV. And it is hereby enacted, that no packet brought for despatch by
bhangi-post shall be returned from any post-ofHce on the ground that
the bhangi-post has not been laid for the whole distance to the place of
delivery.
V. And it is hereby enacted, that, except as hereinafter is mentioned,
if any person wilfully certify or cause to be certified by writing on any
letter, cover, or packet delivered at any post-office for conveyance by post,
what is not true in respect of such letter or packet, or in respect of its
contents, for the purpose of defrauding the post-office revenue, every such
person shall, on conviction, be subject to a fine of fifty rupees for every
such offence.
VI. And it is her^jy enacted, that whoever shall send, or cause to be
sent, by the Government post any packet, under the provisions of this Act,
of the description mentioned in Table 2 of Schedule (A), Act No. XVII.
A.D. 1837, which shall contain any writing whatever other than writing
which is necessarily part of the documents which such packet is stated to
contain by attestation on the cover of such packet, knowing that it con-
tains any writing not necessarily part of the documents which such packet
is stated to contain by attestation on the cover, shall be punished with a
* -fine of fifty rupees. *
VOL. III. K
twelve and not exceed-
ing forty tolas will be
forwarded.
Packets above forty
tolas will be forwarded
Fine for inserting
papers in a packet dif-
ferent from those at-
tested by the endorse-
ment on the cover.—
Table 2, Sched. (A).