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THE INDIAN POST OFFICE ACT, 1898 · PENLTIES AND PROCEDURE — Offences by officers of the Post Office

Section 55 — Penalty for fraudulently preparing, altering secreting or destroying Post Office documents

Whoever, being an officer of the Post Office entrusted with the preparing or keeping of any document, fraudulently prepares the document incorrectly, or alters or secretes or destroys the document, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years, and shall also be punishable with fine.