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Section 1
Abbreviation, Extension and Commencement
: (1) This Act may be called “The Postal Act, 2019”.
(2) This Act shall apply throughout Nepal ……… and Nepal ………. It will also apply to Nepali citizens who are outside.
(3) Section 31, Section 32 and Section 8 shall come into force immediately from the date specified by the Government of Nepal by publishing a notice in the Nepal Gazette and other sections.
(2) This Act shall apply throughout Nepal ……… and Nepal ………. It will also apply to Nepali citizens who are outside.
(3) Section 31, Section 32 and Section 8 shall come into force immediately from the date specified by the Government of Nepal by publishing a notice in the Nepal Gazette and other sections.
Postal Act, 2019
Preamble - 0
Chapter - 2
Section 3: The monopoly of carrying letters shall be preserved in the Government of Nepal Section 3A: Private sector can be granted license to operate postal service Section 4: Persons who cannot carry letters Section 5: Non-liability of Nepal Government Section 5A: Duty to transport postage Section 5B: The recipient of the ghat contract should be made to agree to deliver stamps free of charge Section 5C: Not having to stick to the schedule Section 5D: Special responsibility for transportation of postage
Chapter - 3
Section 6: Authority to set internal postal fees Section 7: The right to make rules regarding the payment of postal duties and other duties Section 8: The right of the Government of Nepal to set foreign postal fees Section 9: Postage to be paid by the addresseeSection 10: Collecting postal fees or other amounts Section 11: The customs duty paid by the post office will be recovered along with the postal duty Section 12: Proof of seal of post office
Chapter - 5
Section 14: The right to make rules regarding registered newspapers and magazines Section 15: Returning postal items to the senderSection 16: Items not to be sent by post Section 16A: Things that should not be sent by ordinary mail Section 17: Power to make rules regarding dispatch of postal items by postSection 18: Delivery of postal items after collecting customs duty Section 19: Taking action in relation to goods prohibited for export or import Section 20: Right to use for public interestSection 21: Power to take action on postal items received for counterfeit stamps or expired stampsSection 22: Power to withhold newspapers, magazines and other articlesSection 23: XXXXXXXSection 24: Restriction on Jurisdiction
Chapter - 6
Section 25: Registry of postal items Section 26: Power to make rules regarding the registry Section 27: Insurance of postal itemsSection 28: Right to make insurance of postal items compulsory Section 29: Power to make rules related to insurance Section 30: Obligations of the Government of Nepal in relation to insured postal items Section 31: Valuable postal items when running through the post officeSection 32: Power to make rules regarding postal value itemsSection 33: The right to implement the arrangements with other countries
Chapter - 8
Section 37: Right to arrange checks and make related rulesSection 37A: Check Operating Fund Section 38: The sender of the check can ask for the refund of the amount according to the order and change the name of the recipient of the amount Section 39: Power to arrange postal ordersSection 40: Power to enforce arrangements with foreign countries Section 41: If a check is paid to the wrong person Section 42: Protection from liability related to checks
Chapter - 9
Section 43: Penalty for misbehavior by persons engaged in carrying or delivering postage bags or postal items Section 44: Punishment if a person engaged in carrying or delivering postage bags or postal items voluntarily leaves his work without obtaining permission or without giving notice Section 45: Punishment if a person engaged in carrying or delivering postal items falsely registers Section 46: Punishment for stealing, misappropriating, suppressing, destroying or throwing postal items etc.Section 47: Punishment for opening, withholding or delaying removal or delivery of postal items Section 47A: Punishment for obstructing the transportation of stamps Section 48: Punishment for obtaining more postage stamps and forgery of government marks Section 49: Punishment for forging, altering, suppressing or destroying post office documents Section 50: Punishment for fraudulently sending postal items without payment of postal duty Section 51: Penalty for Violation of Section 3 Section 52: Punishment for Violation of Section (4) Section 53: Punishment for violation of rules made under section 13 Section 54: Punishment for Violation of Section 16 or Section 17Section 55: Punishment for tampering with letter boxes Section 56: Punishment for tampering with a post office or letter box Section 57: Punishment for filling in false details Section 58: Punishment for stopping or opening a stamp or for getting a stamp bag wet or for delay in handing it over Section 59: Punishment for keeping wrongly delivered postal item or stamp bag Section 60: Punishment for obstructing the delivery of a letter Section 61: Punishment for erasing a document with a postage stamp or removing a postage stamp from a document Section 61A: Punishment for removing postal stamp Section 62: Punishment for using a postage stamp that has been used before Section 63: Punishment for erasing the government mark on a postage stamp Section 64: Additional punishment for offenses related to postage stamps or postal items Section 65: Punishment for attempting or abetting an offense Section 66: It will be sufficient to prove that it is the property of the post office Section 67: Cases under this Act shall be governmental Section 68: XXXXXXXSection 68A: Power to hear the case Section 68B: XXXXXXX