PART II
AMENDMENTS TO THE INDIAN POST OFFICE ACT, 1898
Commencement of this Part.
131. The provisions of this Part shall come into force on the 1st day of April, 2017.
Notes on Clauses:
Clauses 131 and 132 of the Bill seek to amend section 7 of the Indian Post Office Act, 1898 relating to power to fix rates of inland postage.
The aforesaid section, inter alia, provides that the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, fix the rates of postage and other sums to be charged in respect of postal articles sent by the inland post under the said Act, provided that the highest rate of postage when pre-paid, shall not exceed the rate set forth for each class of postal articles in the First Schedule.
It is proposed to substitute the proviso to sub-section (1) of the said section of the said Act so as to provide that till the issuance of notification in the Official Gazette, by the Central Government, to fix the rates of postage and other sums of postal articles, in accordance with provisions of sub-section (1) of the said section, the rates set forth in the First Schedule shall be the rates chargeable under the said Act.
It is further proposed to omit sub-section (2) of the said section which is consequential in nature.
These amendments will take effect from 1st April, 2017.
