Indian Post Office Act, 1898
69. Penalty for unlawfully diverting letters
Whoever, not being an
officer of the Post Office, willfully and maliciously, with intent to injure
any person, either opens or causes to be opened any letter which ought to have
been delivered, or does any act whereby the due delivery of a letter to any
person is prevented or impeded, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a
term which may extend to six months, or with fine which may extend to five
hundred rupees, or with both :
Provided that nothing
in this section shall apply to a person who does any act to which the section
applies, if he is a parent, or in the position of a parent or guardian, of the
addressee, and the addressee is a minor or a ward.
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