Section 2
Definition
Unless the subject or context otherwise provides, in this Act:
(a) “Director General” means the Director General of the Postal Service
Department, Government of Nepal. This term also includes other
authorities exercising the authority vested in the Director General of
the Department.
3 (b) “Regional Director” means the Regional Director of the Regional
Postal Directorate, and this term also includes the other authorities
who exercise the power vested in the Regional Director.
(c) “Postmaster” means the chief personnel of the post office and this
term also includes other personnel exercising the authority of the
Postmaster.
(d) “Post or Post Office” means the post office established by the
Government of Nepal and this term also includes any house,
building, room, vehicle, or place and the letter box utilized by the
post office for the purpose of posting articles.
(e) “Personnel of post office” means anyone employed for the work of
the post office.
(f) “Postal article” means a letter, newspaper, magazine, book-post,
sample packet, literature for the blind, parcel and also any other
thing or article that may be dispatched from the post office.
(g) “Letter” means and includes a letter, postcard and an aerogramme.
(h) “Domestic postal article” means a postal article posted in Nepal to
deliver to any address within the country.
(i) “Mail Bag” means a sack, carton (box), parcel or other envelope or a
cover that is used for enclosing a postal article while dispatching it
from the post office.
(j) “Postal Charge” means the charge (Mahasul) levied on the postal
articles for dispatching it from the post office.
4 (k) “Postage Stamp” means the stamp (ticket) issued by the Government
of Nepal to imprint postal charge or any other charge or amount to
be levied on the postal article and this term also includes an
envelope, postcard or other symbol of stamp that has been imprinted
as a mark (evidence) of a stamp (ticket) by print, embossment,
impression or franking.
5 (k1) “Postal offence” means an offence that is punishable under this Act.
(l) With reference to any postal article, the term “Under dispatch from
the post office” means the period between the submittal of the postal
article at the post office to its delivery to the addressee or returned
delivery to the sender or until the period of settlement as referred to
in Chapter-7.
(m) With reference to any postal article the term “Delivery at the post
office” means the delivery made to a person authorized to book the
postal article.
(n) With reference to any postal article, the term “Delivery to the
addressee” means the delivery of postal article at the addressee’s
residence or office or the addressee himself or herself or his/her
servant or representative according to the normal practice or any
other person deemed so authorized to accept the postal article.
(o) “Prescribed” or “as prescribed” means prescribed or as prescribed in
the Rules framed under this Act.
(a) “Director General” means the Director General of the Postal Service
Department, Government of Nepal. This term also includes other
authorities exercising the authority vested in the Director General of
the Department.
3 (b) “Regional Director” means the Regional Director of the Regional
Postal Directorate, and this term also includes the other authorities
who exercise the power vested in the Regional Director.
(c) “Postmaster” means the chief personnel of the post office and this
term also includes other personnel exercising the authority of the
Postmaster.
(d) “Post or Post Office” means the post office established by the
Government of Nepal and this term also includes any house,
building, room, vehicle, or place and the letter box utilized by the
post office for the purpose of posting articles.
(e) “Personnel of post office” means anyone employed for the work of
the post office.
(f) “Postal article” means a letter, newspaper, magazine, book-post,
sample packet, literature for the blind, parcel and also any other
thing or article that may be dispatched from the post office.
(g) “Letter” means and includes a letter, postcard and an aerogramme.
(h) “Domestic postal article” means a postal article posted in Nepal to
deliver to any address within the country.
(i) “Mail Bag” means a sack, carton (box), parcel or other envelope or a
cover that is used for enclosing a postal article while dispatching it
from the post office.
(j) “Postal Charge” means the charge (Mahasul) levied on the postal
articles for dispatching it from the post office.
4 (k) “Postage Stamp” means the stamp (ticket) issued by the Government
of Nepal to imprint postal charge or any other charge or amount to
be levied on the postal article and this term also includes an
envelope, postcard or other symbol of stamp that has been imprinted
as a mark (evidence) of a stamp (ticket) by print, embossment,
impression or franking.
5 (k1) “Postal offence” means an offence that is punishable under this Act.
(l) With reference to any postal article, the term “Under dispatch from
the post office” means the period between the submittal of the postal
article at the post office to its delivery to the addressee or returned
delivery to the sender or until the period of settlement as referred to
in Chapter-7.
(m) With reference to any postal article the term “Delivery at the post
office” means the delivery made to a person authorized to book the
postal article.
(n) With reference to any postal article, the term “Delivery to the
addressee” means the delivery of postal article at the addressee’s
residence or office or the addressee himself or herself or his/her
servant or representative according to the normal practice or any
other person deemed so authorized to accept the postal article.
(o) “Prescribed” or “as prescribed” means prescribed or as prescribed in
the Rules framed under this Act.