f mai l: If a person, except as
otherwise provided in this Act or order of the Government of Nepal or
competent official or competent court, interrupts, opens or causes the mail
bag to become wet or prevents postal articles in the process of dispatch
before arriving at the destination in any pretext, such person shall be liable
for an imprisonment upto Three months or a fine upto Five Hundred
Rupees or the both.
59. Penalties for keeping wrongly delivered postal article or mail bag
with oneself : If a person keeps any postal article or mail bag to be
delivered to any other person, with oneself fraudulently or conceals or
throws away or withholds knowingly, or does not return following the order
of the personnel of the post office or denies return delivery, such a person
shall be liable for a fine upto Two Thousand Rupees. 53
60. Penalties for creating obstruction on the delivery of letter : If
someone opens or causes to open or creates obstruction to a letter to be
delivered with an intention to cause harm to any other person, he/she shall
be liable for a fine upto One Thousand Rupees. 54
Provided that, if the addressee is a minor or has been living under
the guardianship of any other person, this Section shall not apply to any of
the aforesaid acts committed by the father, mother or guardian of the
addressee.
61. Penalties for erasing the document bearing the postage stamp or
removing the postage stamp affixed on the document : If someone,
fraudulently or with an intention of causing harm to the Government of
Nepal, erases or removes the postage stamp from the document in such a
way that the postage stamp affixed on the document could be used in any
other document for the purpose of that document, such a person shall be
liable for an imprisonment upto Three years or a fine of upto One Thousand
Rupees or the both.
55 61A. Penalties for removing postage stamp:
If a personnel of the post
office or a person engaged in the transportation of mail steals, removes,
throws away or destroys by any means the postage stamp affixed on postal
articles, he/she shall pay the amount equal to the stamps and shall also be
liable for a fine upto One Thousand Rupees or the both.
62. Penalties for using already used postage stamp: In case a person
fraudulently or with a mala fide intent to cause harm to the Government of
Nepal re-uses a postage stamp
56 known to have been used already, the
amount equivalent to the damage caused to the Government shall be
recovered from such person and a fine upto Two Thousand Rupees shall
also be imposed on him/her. 57
63. Penalties for erasing the Government symbol on the postage
stamp: If a person fraudulently or with a mala fide intent to cause harm to
the Government of Nepal, erases the Government symbol that is used to
indicate that the postage stamp was cancelled earlier; and keeps with
oneself such a tampered postage stamp, or sells it……….. 58 such a person is
shall be liable for an imprisonment of Three years or a fine upto One
Thousand Five Hundred Rupees or the both.