(a)
bearing a fictitious postage stamp, that is to say, any
facsimile or imitation or representation of a postage stamp,
or
(b)
purporting to be prepaid
with any postage stamp which has
been previously used to prepay any other postal article,
the officer in charge of the post office at which the postal article is
received, shall send a notice to the addressee inviting him to attend,
either in person or b
y agent, within a specified time at the post office to
receive delivery of the postal article.
(2)
If the addressee or his agent attends at the post office within the
time specified in the notice and consents to make known to the officer
in charge of the
post office the name and address of the sender of the
postal article and to redeliver to the officer aforesaid the portion of the
postal article which bears the address and the fictitious or previously
used postage stamp, or, if the postal article is insep
arable from the
stamp, the entire postal article, the postal article shall be delivered to
the addressee or his agent.
(3)
If the addressee or his agent fails to attend at the post office
within the time specified in the notice, or having attended within
that
time, refuses to make known the name and address of the sender or to
redeliver the postal article or portion thereof as required by sub
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section
(2), the postal article shall not be delivered to him, but shall be
disposed of in such manner as the [Cen
tral Government] may direct.
Explanation:
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For the purposes of this section, the expression “postage
stamp” includes any postage stamp for denoting any rate or duty of
postage of any part of [India or of His Majesty’s dominions] or foreign
country [and th
e impression of any stamping machine provided or
authorised for the like purpose by or under the authority of the
Government of such [part or country]
27A.
Prohibition of transmission by post of certain
newspapers.
—
No newspaper printed and published in
[India] without
conforming to the rules laid down in the Press and Registration of
Books Act, 1867 (25 of 1867), shall be transmitted by post.
27B
Power to detain newspapers and other articles being
transmitted by post.
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(1)
Any officer of the Post Off
ice authorized by
the Post Master General in this behalf may detain any postal article in
course of transmission by post which he suspects to contain
—
(a)(i)
any newspaper or book as defined in the Press and Registration
of Books Act, 1867 (25 of 1867), ;
or
(ii)
any document; containing any seditious matter, that is to say,
any matter the publication of which is punishable under section 124A of
the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860); o