Indian Post Office Act, 1898
60. Penalty for breach of rules under section 16
Whoever, being
appointed to sell postage stamps,-
(a) takes from any
purchaser for any postage stamp or quantity of postage stamps a price higher
than that fixed by any rule made under section 16, sub-section (3), clause (a),
shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six
months, or with fine which may extend to two hundred rupees, or with both; or
(b) commits a breach
of any other rule made under section 16, shall be punishable with fine which
may extend to two hundred rupees.