Indian Post Office Act, 1898
19. Transmission by post of anything injurious prohibited
(1) Except as
otherwise provided by rule and subject to such conditions as may be prescribed
thereby, no person shall send by post any explosive, dangerous, filthy, noxious
or deleterious substance, any sharp instrument not properly protected, or any
living creature which is either noxious or likely to injure postal articles in
course of transmission by post or any officer of the Post Office.
(2) No person shall
send by post any article or thing which is likely to injure postal articles in
course of transmission by post or any officer of the Post Office.